You may know Lewis Carroll as the author of one of the best children's books ever written: the highly imaginative, often silly Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. But you may not be aware that he was ...

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Use the vibrant storytelling and playful language of Michael Rosen to inspire creativity, boost literacy skills and engage ...

The funny poems also just make kids happy, and I believe that the best learning takes place when we have happy kids. Here’s ...

The author and poet Michael Rosen introduces and reads some of his best-known poems for children: The space on the page The 'space' is a ‘friend’ to whom Michael Rosen can tell anything.

To capture their experiences, Save the Children invited children from countries around the world to write short poems about COVID-19 ... I dream about seeing my best friend and then us going to the ...

Poetry is fun. It’s a playground for the imagination. I might write about some funny situations ... talk about a range of words that will allow children to use and apply their growing phonic ...

Lucy Ruth Cummins and more depict the poetry, wonder and droll humor inspired by the great beyond. Loren Long has illustrated books by Barack Obama, Madonna and Amanda Gorman. His No. 1 best ...

A rare animated sequel that’s just about as funny as the first film ... it insults the intelligence of kids or parents. The winner for the Oscar for Best Animated Feature was, sadly, the ...

An illustration of Sarah Baartman, also known as ‘The Hottentot Venus’ Credit: Alamy At their best, these poems have an urgency ... lived in suburbs, raised children and went to their desk ...