Young People's Poetry Week is your chance to encourage everyone to celebrate poetry--read it, enjoy it, write it--in their homes, childcare centers, classrooms, libraries, and bookstores. During the third week of April, the Children's Book Council sponsors Young People's Poetry Week, in collaboration with the Academy of American Poets, sponsor of National Poetry Month, and the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress.

The Children's Book Council provides an extensive list of online resources for celebrating Young People's Poetry Week--including ideas for teachers, librarians, booksellers and parents. You'll find party ideas, poem starters, crossword puzzles, award certificates, lists of poetry books for kids, articles on sharing poetry with young people, and a Q&A with Jane Yolen, the official poet of Young People's Poetry Week 2004.