From hanging stockings and opening one of your holiday gifts to leaving cookies for Santa, Christmas traditions make ...

Poet Luke Wright celebrates the iconic poem that begins with this line 'Twas the night before Christmas...' and asks if we need a new version. Show more It's thought the most popular American poem ...

Why can’t we always act like we do,when lights are on houses and kids are off school. When a jolly red man gives all that he can,and you shop and you shop til you can no longer stand. When ...

Find out little known details on jack-o'-lanterns, trick-or-treating, candy and other Halloween-inspired topics.

Shakespeare reading "Hamlet" to his family, circa 1600. Most people confuse a sonnet and a poem, but they have slight differences. A sonnet is a specific type of poem, typically consisting of 14 ...

Between their four adult children, they have 22 grandchildren and great-grandchildren ... So every year when I was at his ...

It’s never too early to get into the Halloween spirit! Young readers can prepare for tricks and treats with books including a ...

One of the presents was a Christmas tree; another was an old couch ... Bostic was in a juvenile dorm for two months, before joining the adults. The prison, he says, was "complete chaos".

Katherine Rundell said children can handle hefty themes, but finds it “bad manners to offer a child a story and give them ...

another adult, a group of parents and seeing their reactions. Reflect on how it felt to perform a poem. This short film will be relevant for teaching English at primary school.