This is the first installment of our National Poetry Month Event, “Crossing the Country, Line by Line.”  C. Denby Swanson of Texas was the first in this particular poetry chain, and she invited Todd Boss, who invited Lisa Vihos, and so on–and we encourage you to check out their bios, too, because these are some Seriously Important Poets writing for us [...]

Hats off to Colleen, Ladies and Gentleman (this is Kerri speaking). Not satisfied with ONE major spring poetry event (National Poetry Month, coming in April), Colleen wanted to dive in to World Poetry Day as well. That’s TODAY, March 21. And boy am I glad she did. Look at these fabulous poems from all over [...]

By YARN Intern Jessica Tackett

Confession: I have a highly specific form of stage fright.

I can sing, I can act, I can teach in front of a classroom. When I led preschool storytimes at a public library, I used to sing and dance [...]

Remember National Poetry Month (NPM) at YARN last year? … Well, our Poetry Editor Colleen is outdoing herself again this year, with an awesome NPM event called “Crossing the Country Line by Line.”

What does that mean? Well, we’ve commissioned notable poets from across the country [...]

By Natalia Jaster

The Evac

They always say to stand in a doorway during an earthquake, but they never tell you what to do when you get there. So she just waits.

And waits.

The house rocks [...]

This lesson will introduce students to two very different retellings of the classic fairy tale “Little Red Riding Hood,” one by YARN discovery Hanna Howard and the other by award-winning novelist Cecil Castellucci, author of “Book Proof,” “Beige,” and many other books for young adults. [...]