While the study of children's poetry has always had a place in the realm of children's literature, scholars have not typically considered it in relation to the

Offers a variety of new approaches to teaching poetry in middle school and high school classrooms, with more than twenty-five activities designed to sharpen stu

The instant New York Times bestseller featured on NPR's Weekend Edition with Scott Simon! B. J. Novak (bestselling author of The Book With No Pictures) describe

Young readers can follow the Frisbee or roll along with a soccer ball in a collection of more than twenty poems about outdoor games and sports.

This collection gives sustained attention to the literary dimensions of children’s poetry from the eighteenth century to the present. While reasserting the im