Liz Brownlee

It’s National Bird Day! Yes, today is National Bird Day in the UK – so here is one of the smallest birds, one of the most common birds, and the loudest singer for its size in British gardens! This poem is available …

Some of my favourite creatures are birds.

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Slavka Liskova performs Susan Richardson’s Snow Geese Solstice Ten years ago, in 2015, in the run up to National Poetry Day, I made a series of films with my partner on the theme of ‘light’. Here is one of them, a beautiful poem by Susan Richardson…

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Poems and Fun at the V&A – The World’s Most Joyful Museum A lovely surprise this morning – a parcel arrived, and I was thrilled to find one of the poems I wrote for Young V&A (formerly the V&A Museum of Childhood) was featured inside this be…

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Billie Manning: Extraordinary Voices – The Tower Hamlets Junior Slam Hello, I’m Billie, Learning and Participation Coordinator at The Poetry Society. Over the past few months, I’ve had the pleasure of working on the Tower Hamlets Junior Slam, a long-running partners…

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Books ready for grandson this morning

Neal Zetter: Talking Up Poetry I have three issues with children’s poetry in bookshops: there’s not enough of it, the variety of the books on sale is limited, and if it is stocked, its profile is too low. Many smalle…

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I used up a face scrub. It was old and stiff to get out of the tube, but went on ok. But when I tried to wash it off, it travelled around my face in squidgy lumps. I looked not glowy, but like a badly-made partly-masticated custard tart. Had to scrub it off with a towel, so now I look weathered.

Thank you! It was nothing but a pleasure!

Poems and Fun at the V&A – The World’s Most Joyful Museum

A lovely surprise this morning - a parcel arrived, and I was thrilled to find one of the poems I wrote for Young V&A (formerly the V&A Museum of Childhood) was featured inside this beautiful book. I was commissioned to write a few poems for…

#EduSky #Children'sPoets #kidlit #Birds!

#Edusky

Pie Corbett: Writing with Jonathan I met Jonathan a few years ago; he was a good poet-friend. We decided to do some co-writing online. Our first rule was that there was no pressure and we’d only do it when it was fun. No obligation.…

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Brian Moses: The Joy of Notebooks There’s something I have in common with most poets, I write in notebooks. I have notebooks that go back decades and are filled with rough drafts of poems, fragments of writing, lists, things …

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YouTube video by Liz Brownlee Poet Puffin with animations from Canva

It's National Bird Day! Which is your favourite? youtube.com/shorts/bCPAc...

Stephen Lightbown: The Second Book Challenge © Paul Blakemore In 2026 I’ll be publishing my second poetry collection, again with Troika books sometime in the summer. I never thought I’d have been in a position to write one children’s collecti…

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Christmas Poems 2025 Part Two L. B. Here is week two of the Christmas and winter poems our brilliant children’s poets from the UK and abroad have kindly sent us. A very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Peaceful New Year to…

Teachers, parents, anyone who wants to feel a bit more Christmassy, here are two lots of Christmas and winter poems to enjoy and share! Please do share! Christmas Poems 2025 Part Two childrenspoetrysummit.com/2025/12/18/c...

Christmas Poems 2025 Part One At Christmas we like to give our wonderful bloggers a holiday – instead, we’d like to thank the brilliant children’s poets from the UK and abroad who have kindly sent us a two-wee…

TEACHERS! Lovely poems here! Christmas Poems 2025 Part One childrenspoetrysummit.com/2025/12/11/c...

Recommendations for a picture book for a 33 month old toddler who uses words such as ‘visualise’. He loves books. Humorous would be good!

Poetry Review – A Welly Full of Christmas, by Attie Lime A Welly Full of Christmas, Attie Lime, Illustrated by Nadine Licence, Tiny Tree Books. If you’d like some Christmas magic in a book, this is the one for you. Christmas day is full of the sort…

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Poetry Review – A Welly Full of Christmas, by Attie Lime

A Welly Full of Christmas, Attie Lime, Illustrated by Nadine Licence, Tiny Tree Books. If you'd like some Christmas magic in a book, this is the one for you. Christmas day is full of the sort of moments that create special memories, and…

Cheryl Moskowitz: How We First Fall in Love With Language I’ve been thinking a lot about how we first fall in love with language – what causes the spark that helps us to understand that words are there for enjoyment as well as communication.  Of cour…

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TikTok and Instagram usage leading to brain rot, says APA study The more short-form content a person watches on social media, the poorer their cognitive performance, the study found

Excessive viewing of TikTok and Instagram Reels is damaging cognitive performance, according to this American Psychological Association study:

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Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel Writing Ideas for Christmas (Happy to provide all these ideas for free but if you find them useful, maybe you could buy one of my books fo...

Daily poetry prompt: A compendium of Christmas writing ideas.

Christmas is,
a time for joy, happiness and soggy wet kisses.

Access them here: brian-moses.blogspot.com/2023/11/writ... #Christmas

I love what I do, but it's extra special to receive a message like this after a school visit 🥰

Hi. Just wanted to pop on and say that my daughter really enjoyed meeting you today. We have spent the evening before bed reading some wonderful poems together x

#UKKidLit #KidLitUK

A poem from Forest Girl (sale coming soon) thanks to @sharrongreen.bsky.social in Guildford, UK. Many thanks for sharing 🙂🌳

Inspired by the children I teach - making sense of the world with their glorious imaginations #wordprompt #imagination #poems4kids #watercycle #water #poemsforkids

Post Office today. Anyone else for a signed copy of A Welly Full of Christmas? £8.50 Inc p&p. Festive sticker to boot (sorry! 🤪) 🎄🎁🎅🏼 UK

More children's poems, certainly.