This is a great time to connect with your inner poet. Whether you do it by reading poetry or writing your own — it’s all good and FUN! Here’s a poem we remember from our school days:
I eat my peas with honey.
I’ve done it all my life.
It makes the peas taste funny,
But keeps them on my knife.
— Anonymous
Here are some sites for you to explore! 30 Ways to Celebrate Poetry Month at Home! and Children’s Poetry have lots of poems for you to read, or Kenn Nesbitt’s Poetry 4 Kids will help you write your own!
Read this story and you’ll discover that Clark the Shark is a bit of a poet himself!
The Youth Services Staff at the Chester County Library and Hankin Branch are presenting Virtual Storytimes beginning April 27th. They will be for three different ages groups — 0 to 2 Year Olds, 3 & 4 Year Olds, and 5 & 6 Year Olds. Registration is required via the Events Calendar at https://chescolibraries.org/. Virtual Storytimes are not registered as multi-week sessions; you will need to register for each storytime individually.
The front page of the April 2, 1920 Philadelphia Inquirer reports that a Milford man, missing for 30 years, has returned “From Foreign Lands, Wealthy.” Inside, the “Housewife’s Economy Calendar” column offers advice on how to sew a blouse.
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