If you have a budding writer at your house, a new picture book called “Kiyoshi’s Walk” by Mark Karlins is the perfect book for encouragement and inspiration. It opens with a grandson, Kiyoshi, ...

White-haired grandfather Eto, a “wise poet,” sits at a table writing a haiku with a brush. When Kiyoshi asks him where poems come from, Eto suggests a walk. At the corner store, the sun shines while a ...