New picture books by Judith Viorst, Julie Fogliano and Skila Brown. These brief, impressionistic poems about the seasons are all titled with a day of the year, journal-like. Fogliano (“And Then It’s ...

What may at first glance seem like a simple nature poem holds a deeper meaning that can teach children a lot about our world. First published in 1846, Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “The Mountain and the ...

This tribute to birds—created by Yolen and her three adult children—fuses poetry, prose, and ornithology. Topics include birds in literature and the arts, bird records and conservation, and bird ...