When teaching children to read, it’s good to find ways to make reading as enjoyable as possible, that’s why we created a list of 10 short inspirational poems for children. Just like every painting in ...

April is National Poetry Month, and one author has come up with a way to make poetry fun for kids. Karen Jo Shapiro has taken the rhythms of famous poems and turned them into poetic parodies for ...

Childhood is a magical time, a period of wonder and innocence. It's a time when we explore the world with curious eyes and ...

We present an extract from The Irish Writers Handbook 2025, edited by Ruth McKee, the essential guide to writing and getting published, with contributions from acclaimed authors and book industry ...

Author John Kenney says becoming a parent changed everything for him and his wife of 13 years. And, for Kenney, the best way to process his feelings about parenting two kids, ages 10 and 7, was to ...

The prolonged absence of parents often places grandparents, as the children's primary caregivers, at the center of their ...

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 ...

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