Did you know%3F You are invited Saturday%2C April 11%2C to join Salem Public Library staff and special guests as we celebrate a renewed Children's Area and two amazing entries to the Children's space.

Sound familiar? It seems like every popular children’s book that we check out at the library or purchase at a bookstore — especially those written for our youngest of readers — always contains ...

Bilingual poetry helps children learn a second language and encourages their imagination, says Francisco Alarcón, poet, educator and director of the Teaching of Spanish to Native Speakers Program at ...

Breakout poet and mom Jessica Urlichs talks her new book and wows with her nuanced take on motherhood. Don't miss our ...

Children’s poet Jack Prelutsky recalled introducing himself some years ago to Robert Pinsky when the latter was still U.S. poet laureate. “He never told me I was a good poet,” Prelutsky said. “His ...

Kenn Nesbitt has been named the new Children’s Poet Laureate by the Poetry Foundation, for a two-year tenure. Nesbitt, who lives with his family in Spokane, Wash. – will serve as an advisor on ...

Recently I spent 10 weeks as a classroom teacher again, after a long hiatus. One night, I stayed late at school to prepare the shelves for our cross-genre reading unit. My six-year-olds were going to ...

This Saturday, students in first through eighth grades will share poems they memorized during the 25th annual Eleanor Hendricks Countywide Poetry Recitation for Children. The free event, set for 2 p.m ...

MY daughter is eight. When she was one, I began reading aloud to her the greatest imaginative poetry available. With as much expression as if I were reading to a grown person, I went over and over ...