Today The Atlantic launches “65 Essential Children’s Books,” a new editorial project that brings together important ...

What would an acorn write to an oak tree? Or a coat to her button? A child to his toes? A pebble to the river? Dear Acorn, ...

"There was a boy named Emile / who fell in love with a field," poet Kevin Young writes. "It was wide and blue — and if you could have seen it / so would've you." Emile and the Field is the story of a ...

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 ...

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Springfield school librarian Angela Knight's weekly poem readings inspired a new book. The book, "40 Poems for 40 Weeks," features a poem for each week of the school year. David Harrison, the school's ...

From a fold-out house, complete with cardboard furniture, to the lowdown on all things out of this world from the woman who will be Ireland’s first astronaut, there’s something here for every young ...

The Canadian singer/songwriter's latest poetry book arrives Oct. 21, and fans can pre-order a copy through Tuesday's ...

Artist Loryn Brantz said a lot of the parenting books that she read before having kids didn’t capture what being a parent was going to feel like from an emotional standpoint. “It'll say, ‘You need to ...

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 ...