How do our children navigate feeling caught between two cultures, two groups of friends, two identities? In the new novel-in-verse  Red, Whi...

I'm delighted to celebrate a new poetry book In the Middle of the Night: Poems from a Wide-Awake House , by Laura Purdie Salas. This del...

As we celebrate Women's History Month, I want to make sure we pay attention to all women's stories. Listening to young women is esse...

As we celebrate Black History, it is crucial we include many people's stories, not just the ones we know well. When our students study C...

As the news inundates us with the harm caused by divisive politics, institutional racism and prejudice, and angry civic discourse, what do w...

April showers and spring flowers always remind me that I love celebrating National Poetry Month. My students' favorite new collection o...

Kwame Alexander knows how to harness the power of story, the power of poetry to touch readers' hearts, to make us laugh and sigh, to mak...

Poetry can cut to the core message, conveying truth in a sparse, direct way. When I shared Mahogany Browne's illustrated poem  Black Gir...

I am so happy to celebrate poetry this beautiful Friday morning. Many congratulations to Margarita Engle on being named Young People's...

Empathy -- it's a vital quality to develop for all of us. How do we reach outside of ourselves to imagine being in someone else's sh...

"A poem is a s small but powerful thing. It has the power to reach inside of you, to ignite something in you, and to change you in way...

I love sharing the way poets play with words to make us laugh, think and look at things in a new way. My students especially respond to conc...

Nikki Grimes visited three schools in Berkeley last week, sharing her powerful poetry and celebrating the poets of the Harlem Renaissance....

Music brings people together, not only giving us joy but also creating a shared experience. Let’s Clap, Jump, Sing & Shout; Dance, Spin ...

As we celebrate Black History Month , we honor those who have come before us, their struggles and their achievements. Poetry, literature, an...

Nikki Grimes' poetry exudes warmth and hope, while acknowledging the trials and tribulations that life brings our way. In this outstandi...

Many of my students are drawn to realistic fiction because it gives them a chance to immerse themselves in someone else's story. In fact...

I'm so happy to welcome the utterly delightful Lee Wardlaw to talk about poetry, pets and her creative process. Even better, we are cel...