Giggle Poems by HGS, with Art by Kayla Stewart,5

Giggle Poems by HGS, with Art by Kayla Stewart,5. Kayla has been drawing up a storm every day after school. "Mommy, can I illustrate another one of your kids poems?" she'll say, the minute she's in the door. We're having a lot of fun with this project. I swear I don't do any of the …

A Few Kids Poems: Introducing Artist Kayla Stewart, 5

Did you guys know I write childrens' poems? I love it. In fact, my first published book was a children's e-book, Bubble Mud and Other Poems (available as a PDF file for anyone interested). The publisher no longer exists, and the rights to those poems have reverted to me. I've included some of the best …

Making Poetry Cool for School

I fell in love with a lot of poems when I was given the chance to look at them critically with my own eyes, perhaps even to disagree with the teacher or critics' opinions, and to debate that point in class with my peers. Oxford University Press has a new textbook for grade 10 English …

A Children’s Poetry Place

I started A Children's Poetry Place a few months back, but haven't been able to devote as much time to it as Where the Butterflies Go. Watch for more children's poetry there in 2011. You can subscribe to the feed, or even follow the blog on Networked Blogs. To end the year in style there, …

A Few of my Favourite Things: Blogging

I have found a second home here in the blogosphere, with too many benefits to mention. I started my blog a little over two years ago, but I didn't get really involved with the blogging community until my book Leap came out in February 2010. I had posted a few of the poems from my …