Michael Rosen

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poem. A poet in a Heian period kimono writes Japanese poetry during the Kamo Kyokusui No En Ancient Festival at Jonan-gu shrine on April 29, 2013 in Kyoto, Japan. Festival of Kyokusui-no Utage orignated in 1,182, party Heian era (794-1192).

World Poetry Day

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What’s the Difference Between Great Britain and the United Kingdom?

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

Ancient book lit by candle

9 Obscure Literary Terms

Chapter 4 pg 42 - Chapter header of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. Published in 1884 by The American Publishing Company

Periods of American Literature

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Diverse elementary school children wearing school uniforms running outside of school. Boys girls

Pro and Con: School Uniforms

Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.

Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1855), founder of the house of Rothschild; lithograph by Friedrich Lieder, c. 1830.

Where Do Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theories About the Rothschild Family Come From?

Super Typhoon Noru over the western tropical Pacific Ocean as observed by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA Aqua satellite July 31 2017

What Is the Difference Between a Typhoon and a Super Typhoon?

An ancient egyptian hieroglyphic painted carving showing the falcon headed god Horus seated on a throne and holding a golden fly whisk. Before him are the Pharoah Seti and the goddess Isis. Interior wall of the temple to Osiris at Abydos, Egypt.

11 Egyptian Gods and Goddesses

Close up of books. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society

12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

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Was Santa Claus a Real Person?

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Born	May 7, 1946 (age 78) • Harrow • England

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Hughes, Ted

Ted Hughes

British poet

Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll

British author

C.S. Lewis

C.S. Lewis

Irish-born author and scholar

Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling

British writer

Christina Rossetti, chalk drawing by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1866; in a private collection

Christina Rossetti

English poet

Hilaire Belloc

British author

Blyton, Enid

Enid Blyton

British author

Richard Hughes

British writer

Charlotte Smith, engraving by A. Duncan after a portrait by G. Clint

Charlotte Smith

English writer

Walter de la Mare, photograph by Mark Gerson.

Walter de la Mare

British author

Henry Treece

English author

D.J. Enright

British poet

Sara Coleridge

British author

Arthur O’Shaughnessy

British poet

Robert Louis Stevenson

Robert Louis Stevenson

British author

The man who invented Middle-earth

J.R.R. Tolkien

English author

Paul Muldoon

Paul Muldoon

Northern Irish poet

Chinua Achebe

Chinua Achebe

Nigerian author

Carol Ann Duffy

Carol Ann Duffy

British poet

Joan Aiken.

Joan Aiken

British author

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4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul

Famous Poets and Poetic Form

Book Jacket of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by American children's author illustrator Eric Carle (born 1929)

Classic Children’s Books Quiz

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:

Poetry: First Lines

Illustration of "The Lamb" from "Songs of Innocence" by William Blake, 1879. poem; poetry

A Study of Poetry