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5 Reasons You Should Read Aloud (Maybe Even to Your Pets!)

By Sharon A. Gibbs 12 Comments

Do you ever read aloud to friends and family, or even to a pet? Sharon A. Gibbs does and gives you 5 great reasons you should, too.

Filed Under: Children's Stories, Literacy, Literacy for Life, Literacy Starts With Love, Read

Reading in the Wild: October’s Pages

By Megan Willome 13 Comments

Come learn the secrets of being a wild reader. Or just share your October pages. Megan Willome leads the way, with her October good reads.

Filed Under: Become a Better Writer, Blog, Children's Authors, Classic Books, Fiction, Literacy for Life, Reading in the Wild

Day of the Dead: Skeletons, Stories, Songs, Poetry

By Megan Willome 3 Comments

Celebrate Day of the Dead with skeletons, calaveras poems, and children’s books. Best enjoyed with a side of sweet skull cakes.

Filed Under: Blog, Children's Stories, Halloween Poems, Latin American Poetry

Put a Little Song in Your Heart—with Latino Nursery Rhymes from Canticos

By Megan Willome 9 Comments

Put a little song—and a little Spanish—in your heart with these books based on Latino nursery rhymes from Canticos.

Filed Under: Blog, Children's Authors, Children's Stories, Interviews, Learn to Read, Literacy for Life, Literacy Starts With Love, Read for Fun

A Random Day of Poetry

By Will Willingham 8 Comments

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We celebrated another day of Random Acts of Poetry, delighted by poems chalked and inked and memorized and read aloud in the public square. How did you spend the day?

Filed Under: Blog, random acts of poetry

Reading in the Wild: September’s Pages

By Megan Willome 11 Comments

Come learn the secrets of being a wild reader. Or just share your September pages. Megan Willome leads the way, with her September goodreads.

Filed Under: Blog, Literacy for Life, Reading in the Wild

4 Great Reasons To Read Kids’ Books—With a Book Buddy!

By Sharon A. Gibbs 18 Comments

Reading with a Book Buddy

Aren’t children’s books just for kids? Why should grown-ups consider sneaking a peek (or ten)—with a book buddy at their side?

Filed Under: Blog, children, Children's Stories, Literacy for Life

Literacy Never Melts: ‘The Snowy Day’ by Ezra Jack Keats

By Megan Willome 23 Comments

Come explore how literacy can start with a snowball and why The Snowy Day has been in print for 55 years with Megan Willome as your guide.

Filed Under: Blog, Children's Stories, Reading and Books

10 Delightful Ways to Keep Your Kids’ Summer Reading in Swing

By Olaf Jorgenson 15 Comments

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How many books does it take to save your child from the Summer Reading Slide? Get the answer, plus 10 totally fun ideas for how to keep summer reading in swing!

Filed Under: Blog, Children's Activities, Literacy, Literacy Starts With Love, Read for Fun

The Wild 100 Summer Book Challenge

By Callie Feyen 15 Comments

What do you think is beautiful? What is wild about the color yellow? Join Callie Feyen and her kids in a summer challenge to read 100 books and find out.

Filed Under: Blog, children, Children's Activities, Children's Authors, Children's Stories, Literacy

Reading Together: Rita Dove’s ‘Thomas and Beulah’

By Megan Willome 12 Comments

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Megan Willome’s reading of Rita Dove’s Thomas and Beulah is a reminder that sometimes the moments that change us most aren’t the ones that make the news.

Filed Under: Baby Poems, Black Poets, Books, Poems, poetry

Poetry and Tea with the Boys

By Holly Smothers Grantham 12 Comments

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For Holly Smothers Grantham, Poetry and Tea Time with the boys is all about falling in love with words.

Filed Under: Afternoon Tea, Blog, Children's Poetry, Tea

Take Your Poet to Work Day is Coming: Here’s Our Free Coloring Book!

By Will Willingham 16 Comments

Take Your Poet to Work Day Coloring Book Cover

Celebrate Take Your Poet to Work Day with our free poets coloring book, newly updated for 2016, and let your poet explore your workplace.

Filed Under: Blog, poetry, Take Your Poet to Work Day

Poetic Voices: Teow Lim Goh and Marjorie Maddox

By Glynn Young 7 Comments

Sea and sky poetic voices

Teow Lim Goh seeks meaning in an immigration detention center, while Marjorie Maddox seeks spiritual understanding in the the study of literature.

Filed Under: Blog, book reviews, Books, Poems, Poetic Voices, poetry, poetry reviews, Poets

The Best in Poetry: Top Ten Poetic Picks

By Will Willingham 4 Comments

The Best in Poetry Top 10 Poetic Picks girl pointing our window

Beverly Cleary’s 100th birthday, using your hands to help your head, Ohio’s new poet laureate and radiologist in chief. Our Top 10 Poetic Picks is back.

Filed Under: Blog, Creativity, poetry news, Top 10 Poetic Picks

Celebrating National Poetry Month: The Joy of Poetry

By T.S. Poetry 29 Comments

The Joy of Poetry Yellow Flowers

Besides all the free National Poetry Month gifts and inspirational invitations, we’ve got a surprise we can’t wait to share with you. The Joy of Poetry.

Filed Under: Blog, English Teaching Resources, Finding Inspiration, journey into poetry, National Poetry Month, Poetry for Life, poetry teaching resources, writer's group resources

Strolling through Watership Down: Richard Adams

By Heather Eure 4 Comments

A Stroll through the Downs: Richard Adams

Meeting the author of a favorite childhood book, Watership Down, a young Heather Eure is inspired in her own quest to be a writer.

Filed Under: Blog, Children's Authors, Children's Stories, Classic Books

A Is for Azure: The Alphabet in Colors

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Brilliant ink-on-tile illustrations created with a secret process bring the alphabet to colorful life. Children will delight in the rich, poetic language of colors like emerald, jasmine, and quartz—while also meeting old favorites like yellow, orange and purple.

Jody Collins

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Jody Collins

Jody Collins is a teacher who supports Tweetspeak Poetry because she thinks the world needs more beauty and encouragement—two things she notes the TS team does so well.

4 Reasons Your Child Needs Building Toys for Language and Creativity Development

By Monica Silva 13 Comments

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Building toys allow children opportunity for unscripted play which leads to language and creativity development. Monica Sharman shares 4 reasons your child needs building toys.

Filed Under: Blog, English Teaching, English Teaching Resources, Play

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