Great is the sun, and wide he goes Through empty heaven with repose; And in the blue and glowing days More thick than rain he showers his rays. Though closer still the blinds we pull To keep the shady ...

What can we learn from children's verse? As the most bodily of literary forms, poetry appeals to children. It also has a certain appeal for adults who read to children. For one thing, good writing in ...

Kirk (Moondogs) creates a compelling contemporary setting for a poem from Stevenson's classic A Child's Garden of Verses. and the results are felicitous all around. Kirk pictures a boy on a rainy day, ...

This new exhibition celebrates childhood and the imagination ...

As a child, according to author Claire Harmon, Robert Louis Stevenson “liked to be attended to as much as possible, especially by women.” Harmon herself attends to him very well in this new biography, ...