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 ...

Rhymes abound in this wide-ranging collection of 99 new and previously published poems by Schechter. Grouped loosely by subject, frequently humorous verse relies heavily on ballad stanzas while ...

Jane Yolen offers 14 odes to birds in Wild Wings: Poems for Young People, photographed by her son, Jason Stemple, the team behind Color Me a Rhyme: Nature Poems for Young People. In a pattern repeated ...

Proud Mother Nature, she made them all. Made some of them short and others quite tall. Yield children’s small toys, the chef’s treasured spoons. They do it all happily, without grimace or gripe ...

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Elizabeth was first inspired to write poetry about nature by teacher Mr Wood at St Mary and St John’s RC Primary School in ...