It was more like my children kind of broke me open and all these poems started pouring out ... shut your little baby face,’” she said. “I didn't say it to him like that, but that was ...

“How Elegant the Elephant: Poems About Animals and Insects” by Mary Ann Hoberman, illustrated by Marla Frazee: These are my favorite kind of children’s poems: rhyming with a bouncy cadence ...

From delightful Christmas poems for kids that inspire little ones to become Santa’s little helpers to famous poems that bring warmth and joy to cold winter days, these poems capture the magic of ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with John Himmelman about his new collection of illustrated poems for children, "The Boy Who Lived in a Shell: Snippets for Wandering Minds." A new collection of ...

A new collection of illustrated story poems is told from the perspective ... JOHN HIMMELMAN: Oh, thank you for having me. SIMON: I guess children are the intended audience, but I sure liked ...