Susan Cooper's poem "The Shortest Day," celebrating the winter solstice, is also a children's book illustrated by Carson Ellis. They collaborated by mail. SUSAN COOPER: (Reading) So the shortest day ...

Winter begins tonight, and with the Solstice and a change in the seasons, we invited Vermont poet David Crews to share his thoughts and a poem. Dec 21, 2023 — Winter begins tonight, and with the ...

Kao Kalia Yang, teacher, speaker and writer, will read from her picture books during “An Evening of Children’s Literature with Kao Kalia Yang and Friends” at the Ordway Theater in St. Paul.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Milaspage/ iStock via Getty Images Whether you think of the winter solstice as a sacred time or simply want to note the shortest ...

SUSAN COOPER: (Reading) So the shortest day came, and the year died. And everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white world came people singing, dancing to drive the dark away. COOPER: (Reading) ...