We present an extract from The Irish Writers Handbook 2025, the essential guide to writing and getting published, with ...

Shel Silverstein was a master of linguistic mischief, using repetition and creative wordplay to amuse and prepare kids for ...

Now, I tend to write funny rhyming poems. But as I tell kids at school visits, not all poems rhyme and not all poems are funny. But you’ve got to give poetry a chance. Here’s the first poem in ...

Paul Engle noted that “poetry is ordinary language raised to the nth power.” As if by magic, poetry books capture feelings that are often elusive and put into words our deepest pain and ...

"However, what many may not realize is how heavy the toll is on children and future generations. Here, a collection of art and poems about the climate crisis written by children around the world.

With the weather outside getting colder, it’s a great time for some cozy indoor fun at PAMA, Brampton’s popular museum and ...

A farm and workhouse is bringing a week of action-packed activities for the school holidays to keep children occupied.

The Shadow: Poems for the Children of Gaza (Malta: Horizons, October 2024) is a collection of 42 original poems (21 by Ahmed Miqdad, 21 by John P. Portelli) which depict the state of being of the two ...

It’s been 86 years since kids in Des Moines, Iowa, went trick-or-treating on Halloween. Thanks to a severe weather forecast, ...

For the first time in more than eight decades, families in Des Moines, Iowa, will spend Halloween evening trick-or-treating.

In Friday St. Paul show, expect the talented group to take on the issues of the day without much care for who might be ...

The annual Children’s Book Festival, which is run nationwide throughout the month of October, is a highlight of the Tipperary ...