Children grow older, they continue to enjoy the rhythms, rhymes, and imagery to be found in poetry. Here are a variety of children's poetry books, from collections of classics and contemporary poems to poems by Latino poets, concrete poems.

I had never head of the Sprouse twins. And I guess that, if you’re reading this, a state of complete Sprouselessness might be incomprehensible. But, just in case: Cole and Dylan Sprouse are the Olsen Twins of the boy set except, of course, that the Olsens are, like, way, way, way older than the Sprouse boys. Mary-Kate and Ashley were born June 13, 1986, while Dylan Thomas Sprouse and Cole Mitchell Sprouse were born August 4th, 1992. This difference in their ages explains in part why you may have heard less about them than you have about Mary-Kate and Ashley: they’ve had less time to work on their empire. But step back and give them some room: they’re moving quickly on catching up. You’ve seen them on television and movies.
There's nothing like sharing a favorite holiday book with a child. We at Encarta have picked our all-time favorites, and while our list is subjective, one thing's for sure: These holiday classics hold a place in the hearts of children everywhere.

The Books was created by Reading Rockets' children's literature editor. It feature books so engaging your child, grandchild, niece, nephew, or student will delight in them over and over again.Each book was chosen based on age, reading level, topic, writing quality, illustrations, and overall excellence. We make a special effort to highlight newly published books. Also included are great books for sharing, talking over, and thinking about with an adult as well as exceptional audio books.