In 1926, Archibald MacLeish (1892–1982) published a poem he called “Ars Poetica” (an updating, he thought, of Horace’s ancient Roman “art of poetry”). Composing a manifesto for the Imagism of the time ...

THEY say that knowledge of nursery rhymes is dying out, that small children are no longer encouraged to learn them by heart or read them. If this is the case it means a major loss to the English ...

The nursery rhyme Sing a Song of Sixpence tells a playful story about royalty, surprise, and curiosity. The rhyme tells us a story about a funny little word with a king, queen, and some birds hiding ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. # Sing a song of sixpence # A pocket full of rye # 4 and 20 blackbirds all baked in a pie # When the ...

Sing a Song of Sixpence: A Pocketful of Nursery Rhymes and Tales by Jane Chapman delivers familiar verse and stories from ""Jack and Jill"" to ""The Three Little Pigs."" And although less cheerful ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- We are fortunate to have the Amish within our state borders. Whether it be in Middlefield, Hartville, Millersburg, Berlin, Sugarcreek or Ashland, their lifestyle and dedicated ...

Sesame School Random House launches the Sesame Beginnings series, a line of board books designed to teach pre-literacy skills to babies and toddlers. The books are leveled 1-5 to correspond to ...