Poetry & Folklore
Poetry brings the rhyme and rhythm of language into children’s lives. One famous study showed that babies in utero could discern their mother’s voices reading Dr. Seuss aloud to them. They responded to and recognized the rhyme and rhythm. Older children may tell you they don’t like poetry. Read them some of the clever wordplay of Shel Silverstein and our first U.S. Children’s Poet Laureate, Jack Prelutsky, and they’ll soon change their tune.
Folklore provides the stories of the world and lets children understand that we are more alike than different. People crave stories, and folktales are the earliest fiction stories, passed down from generation to generation. We need to read stories, tell stories, and share stories with our kids. The titles on this list are all collections, with more than one story per book. I’ve included single folk and fairy tales in picture book format in the Picture Book Classics list.
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