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Indiana author Rebecca Kai Dotlich writes about how a childhood spent collecting lyrics and words sparked her love of poetry.

The poet Grace Nichols introduces and reads some of her best-known poems for children: Sun is laughing ... rain A playful poem about the rain having fun with itself.