If you’re worried about dwindling interest in poetry, here’s a tactic that may help children come closer to poetry. Grab your kid, turn off the generation-80-Atari, unplug whatever has replaced the typewriter and record player then grab A Family of Poems: My Favorite Poetry for Children. Reading to children is, of course, a sure way to foster a love of language and literature.

A Family of Poems: My Favorite Poetry for Children was compiled by Caroline Kennedy. This New York Times Bestseller is a convenient way to introduce children to some of the world’s most renowned poets.

Kennedy separates over 100 poems into seven sections – including my favorite, bedtime poems – to foster children’s imagination and curiosity.

Legendary poets such as Walt Whitman, Gwendolyn Brooks, William Wordsworth, Federico García Lorca, Sylvia Plath and Pablo Neruda are included. One of the most exciting aspects of this book is that translated poems appear in their original language. Reading this book to the child in your life just might change the world.