Here is some wacky stuff about cows that you might not have known! • A cow can climb up the stairs, but cannot climb down. This is because her knees cannot bend properly. • A cow produces around 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime. • A cow stands up and sits down about 14 times…
Here are some fun facts about lizards! • There are about 3,000 species of lizards. • Though most lizards have four legs, some have only two and some are even legless. • Lizards' lengths range from a few inches to more than 10 feet . • Only two species of lizard are venomous: the Gila Monster…
Here’s the latest poem called Voyage West. Voyage West Pa calls our wagon Prairie Schooner, says we roll at the wind’s pleasure sailing a sun-hammered sea. Sure enough, we scrape and creak, pitch and sway all day over grassy swells and wildflower waves. We set our course west, always west. As the sun…
Here is another poem I call The Wave… The Wave First lap, it’s flat as a map folding into sky then a giant rolling over breathing salty sighs next it’s a water dragon’s back where fish and swimmers fly last, a rumbling dark freight train that splash-and-crashes by!
Ellen not only writes books, but also poems, for young readers. She has taught poetry to third, fourth, fifth and sixth graders. Some of her poems will be featured here on Kids’ Clicks for you to read! The first poem I’ll share with you is called Foursquare. Foursquare High-flying pound-bounce hit -the-ground tiger pounce …
Kids often ask me: “When did you first start writing?” Well– I always loved to write. I published my first story, “My Cat Felix”, when I was in second grade. It was about our pet cat who acted like a dog, trotting after my Dad every morning to pick up the paper. Felix was always getting into…