A new children’s book ‘The Midnight Ball,’ by Sara Barkat, combines a delightful story and illustrations with poetic device and telling time. Can you find the double meanings?
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‘The Little Prince’: Not for Grownups
To find the wisdom of ‘The Little Prince,’ author Megan Willome says don’t look directly at the story or it will blind you, like sun on desert sand. And don’t be a grownup.
Poetry Prompt: The Alphabet—Letter Poems
Let’s take a look at the alphabet and see what creatures crawl and spring from letters we know so well. Then, it’s time to write letter poems!
Take Your Poet to School Week: Shel Silverstein
Celebrate Take Your Poet to School Week “where the sidewalk ends.” Shel Silverstein makes his debut for next week’s big event.
What’s In a Reading Nook?
Bethany Rohde and her children take their reading nook into the outdoors for a new light on their reading time together.
5 Reasons You Should Read Aloud (Maybe Even to Your Pets!)
Do you ever read aloud to friends and family, or even to a pet? Sharon A. Gibbs does and gives you 5 great reasons you should, too.
Put a Little Song in Your Heart—with Latino Nursery Rhymes from Canticos
Put a little song—and a little Spanish—in your heart with these books based on Latino nursery rhymes from Canticos.
Literacy Never Melts: ‘The Snowy Day’ by Ezra Jack Keats
Come explore how literacy can start with a snowball and why The Snowy Day has been in print for 55 years with Megan Willome as your guide.
The Wild 100 Summer Book Challenge
What do you think is beautiful? What is wild about the color yellow? Join Callie Feyen and her kids in a summer challenge to read 100 books and find out.
Poetic Voices: Teow Lim Goh and Marjorie Maddox
Teow Lim Goh seeks meaning in an immigration detention center, while Marjorie Maddox seeks spiritual understanding in the the study of literature.
Jody Collins
Jody Collins is a teacher who supports Tweetspeak Poetry because she thinks the world needs more beauty and encouragement—two things she notes the TS team does so well.
Mischief Cafe: Seattle, Washington
The 11-day Mischief Cafe tour begins, and the defining quality will be surprise (with plenty of hilarity to go along with it).
Tweetspeak Poetry’s Top Ten Posts from the Last Month (or so)
Ever wonder what we’re reading at Tweetspeak Poetry? Browse our Top Ten Posts from the last month (or so) and find out.
The Best in Poetry: Top Ten Poetic Picks
Trouble in the Little Free Libraries, the shocking truth about boredom, words to make your poetry legit, Neruda’s new old poems, and why Tim Tebow sells more books than Billy Collins. It’s the best in poetry (and poetic things in our latest Top Ten Poetic Picks.
Top 10 Tips for a Summer Staycation
You deserve a vacation. And we say you should give yourself one. Only don’t leave home. Try these ten tips for a great summer staycation.
Tweetspeak Poetry’s Top Ten Posts from the Last Month (or so)
What are we reading at Tweetspeak Poetry? Catch up on the top posts from last month (or so).
The Best in Poetry: This Month’s Top Ten Poetic Picks + Emily
Artful chocolate, famous punk authors, poetry in the supermarket, and how to not write a novel. It’s the best in poetry: our monthly Top Ten Poetic Picks.
The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear
Read The Owl and the Pussycat by Edward Lear and enjoy delightful read-alouds and animations that adults and children will both love!
Poet Laura: The Butterfly Effect—Year of the Monarch
Dheepa R. Maturi, Tweetspeak’s Poet Laura, invites us to participate in the Year of the Monarch, a project both practical and poetic, to help our butterfly friends.
Congrats to Our Illustrator Sara Barkat! — Featured on Substack
Our illustrator Sara Barkat has been featured by Substack. Come celebrate the honor with her, and maybe pen a poem to go along.