What am I riddles for kids

I have no life, but I can die, what am I?

I have seas without water. I have forests without wood. I have deserts without sand. I have houses with no brick. What am I?

I'm tall when I'm young and I'm short when I'm old. What am I?

I am a home of knowledge, both banal and profound. In grand halls and small homes I can be found. I am a home for things of many leaves, but my many residents are not living trees. What am I?

When you have me, you feel like sharing me. But, if you do share me, you don't have me. What am i?

I am the black child of a white father, a wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven. I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me, even though there is no cause for grief, and at once on my birth I am dissolved into air. What am I?

I sleep when you are awake, I am awake when you fall asleep. I can fly but no feathers to aid my flight. What am I?

I can be as thin as a picture frame but my insides have many things you can see. What am I?

I'm tall when I'm young, I'm short when I'm old, and every Halloween I stand up inside Jack O Lanterns. What am I?

If I drink something, then I am just over. However, I can eat anything. What Am I?