Jessica Alba lends her voice to National Poetry Month

Jessica Alba is adding her voice to National Poetry Month, helping to lure children into the art form. Alba is among more than a dozen celebrity parents whose poetry readings are airing on the Disney and Disney Junior channels this month. Readings by Viola Davis, Caroline Kennedy, Liev Schreiber and Katie Holmes also are featured in A Poem Is ...., a short-form series that sets verse to classic Disney animation. Langston Hughes, Mary Ann Hoberman and May Swenson are among the writers whose work is included. Alba, who has two daughters, chose a Mexican folk song, De Colores ("Of Colours"). From: Gulfnews