Once a cherished part of a rapper’s arsenal, the rhyme book has been gradually sliding toward irrelevance. In part, the diminishing importance of the notepad is due to technology—a fate mirrored by ...

This is the first post in a new blog series about encouraging a love of language in young children written by professional storyteller Peter Burns. Many years ago, just after my daughter Alice was ...

On the heels of National Poetry Month Phyllis Schwartz will be launching her third rhyming picture book on March 7 titled “Laggie and Grillo: An Unlikely Friendship” between a lizard and a cricket.

A Select List of Brown County Library Children's Books (Toddler – Early Elementary) Rhyming Read A-louds and the rhyming books of Bob Staake Clever, energetic, and zany rhyme and illustration come ...

Online mess for author began with outraged commenters on Amazon New York: Messages of good health and positive self-esteem for girls are not hard to come by in kid lit, so what's the deal with all the ...

THE OXFORD NURSERY RHYME BOOK (224 pp.)—assembled by Iona and Peter Opie—Oxford ($4.50). When asked how her garden grew, Mary did not always give the same answer. At least once she replied: “With ...