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Plants, so often the minor characters in stories about charismatic living things, are the stars of this vividly illustrated ode to the power of green. They are food for animals from krill to elephants ...
What do you get if you add poems that are "Shel Silverstein meets Rumi for kids" with pictures of yetis and primordial slime?
Apart from the incredible weather it’s been full of headlines, a new Pope and all the pomp and circumstance for those few ...
Unfortunately, the porpoise, which is native to China, is critically endangered due to habitat loss. Thanks to over 700 Ancient Chinese poems, experts can now accurately map the decline of the ...
WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor Among the highlights was poet Allen Ginsberg, who delivered his poem “Earth Pollution,” marking the start of a long-standing connection between poetry ...
Author Robert L Forbes read shared springtime poetry from his book “Let's Have a Bite: A Banquet of Beastly Rhymes” and after the event singed his books for kids. Children’s librarian ...
2025 Celebrate Earth Day at the Westchester Children's Museum with STEM programs that include Creature Costumes & Camouflage, Solar Race Cars, Wind Turbine Gizmos, Blackout Poetry, Nature’s ...
From delightful Christmas poems for kids that inspire little ones to become ... four decades years after it was first published! Of peace on earth, good-will to men! American poet Henry Wadsworth ...
The four poems shortlisted are: Towards Holkham by Naoise Gale (UK), Raccoon Baculum Good Luck Charm by Andrew Krivák (US), Taipan by Anthony Lawrence (Australia) and The Last Dragons On Earth ...
Two children from the Thames Valley are among five youngsters battling cancer who have inspired a poem about courage by former children's laureate Joseph Coelho. Eight-year-old Lily, from Witney ...