Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. With Mother’s Day just behind us and Father’s Day on the horizon, it’s only fitting that this Sunday is National ...

When poetry editor Lou Peacock compiled A Whale of a Time: Funny Poems for Each Day of the Year, she chose Rita Dove’s “The First Book” to be the entry for January 1. The poem describes what it’s like ...

On the 20th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, UC Santa Barbara assistant professor Mona Damluji wrote a poem to her daughters to explain why they cannot return to the places their ancestors ...

What may at first glance seem like a simple nature poem holds a deeper meaning that can teach children a lot about our world. First published in 1846, Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “The Mountain and the ...

Poetry, books — telling stories at the railroad museum. From the O, Miami poetry fest at the Gold Coast Railroad Museum to ...

First launched in 1967, International Children's Book Day now underscores a persistent global truth: access to books remains ...

Much like the changing tide that brings new treasures to the shoreline, the 2025 Children’s Book Week will be revealing a host of programming treats—tied into its “An Ocean of Stories” theme—for ...