Carolyn Wells (1862–1942) began writing light verse, especially for children, in an era in which many others were doing the same thing. The market was vast, with The New York Sun and nearly all other ...

Author and founder of the HWR Dr Sasha Norris says the poems are inspired by "The carpenters and builders, the teachers and police officers, the NHS staff and students, the children and OAPs who have ...

Gorgeous, full-bleed photographs of wild and domesticated animals accompany animal-focused poems ranging from classic works to the writings of modern children’s poets. Lewis creates compelling ...

In the late Worth’s follow-up to Animal Poems (2007), sharply observant and powerfully descriptive verses portray fauna in both wild and domesticated environments. Of a captive Bengal tiger, Worth ...