He says some parents may be reading a form of poetry to their kids without even realising it, and explains: “You could argue that many picture books really are poems, especially the rhyming ones – ...

Words and sounds can establish a rhythm for your poem and capture the reader or listener's imagination, author Michelle ...

But Time Runs Like a River by Emma Carlisle (Big Picture, £12.99) tackles the issue more imaginatively, using rhyming text ...