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International Women’s Day 2026 Here is a poem about Anne Sullivan, a largely unsung hero and teacher to Helen Keller. This poem is from Reaching the Stars, Poems About Extraordinary Women and Girls, Macmillan - which won the N. Somerset Teachers’ Book Awards 2017 for poetry. Here is the cover, modelled by the NSTB Award dog!

International Women’s Day 2026

Here is a poem about Anne Sullivan, a largely unsung hero and teacher to Helen Keller. This poem is from Reaching the Stars, Poems About Extraordinary Women and Girls, Macmillan - which won the N. Somerset Teachers’ Book Awards 2017 for poetry. Here is the cover,…

08.03.2026 17:35 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

World Book Day! It's World Book Day - children dressed as book characters, authors and poets making school visits, books being recommended, received, and read. Why does a focus on reading and enjoyment of reading matter in schools? A focus on reading can narrow the gaps in reading and writing attainment between advantaged and disadvantaged pupils. It's the very best way to expose children to differing views, a range of subjects and emotions, experience of other cultures and emotions they might never have encountered. By entering the world of another human character in a story, understanding and empathy of others is evoked.

World Book Day!

It's World Book Day - children dressed as book characters, authors and poets making school visits, books being recommended, received, and read. Why does a focus on reading and enjoyment of reading matter in schools? A focus on reading can narrow the gaps in reading and writing…

05.03.2026 16:43 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

From the Funny Files: "Today I Got a Valentine" from the book "Revenge of the Lunch Ladies" poetry4kids.com/poems/today-... #childrenspoetry #funnypoetry #poetry4kids

04.03.2026 17:01 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

In days like these, I wish I was a flower #haiku #senryu #micropoetry

to be a flower
lacking brains, unmoved by pain
turning to the light

04.03.2026 22:42 — 👍 45 🔁 6 💬 2 📌 1

Meet Father Goose Charles Ghigna's hometown has played no small part in the more than 100 children's books he has penned.

HOORAY for the Homewood Library! Thank you for playing such a big part in my writing life over the years. Then. And now! ❤️
www.homewoodlife.com/arts-culture...

05.03.2026 02:53 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Happy #WorldBookDay 🥳📚❤️
Just off to set up the school book trail - shh - Don’t Trust Fish is number 5 - which is going to cause mayhem!

DON’T TRUST FISH!

It’s happily becoming our new 67! 😂 ❤️ #NeilSharpson @dansantat.bsky.social
#library #schoollibrary #SEMH #KS3 #GoAllIn #reading

05.03.2026 07:08 — 👍 9 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Happy #WorldBookDay ❤️📚❤️
A little poem!
#DirigibleBalloon @northernjim.bsky.social
#readingforpleasure #reading dirigibleballoon.org/poem/World-B... #poetry #poetryforkids

05.03.2026 07:30 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 1

Middle aged brown lady in official World Book Day merch

Bookshelf stack: The Destiny of Minou Moonshine The Girl of Ink and Stars Dream Hunters The Night Curs Magic Has No Borders Songs for Ghosts The Serpent’s Secret Greenwild

Happy #WorldBookDay to all who celebrate!
I am three school visits in, eight to go and so very happy the sun is shining!!
#kidlituk #ukkidlit #booksky

05.03.2026 08:09 — 👍 24 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 0

Have the best time!! xx

05.03.2026 08:18 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

I've got a couple of new poems up on the Dirigible Balloon website this week including this sleepy one!

Thanks @northernjim.bsky.social

05.03.2026 08:58 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

How to Lay an Egg with a Horse Inside: An Alternative Guide to Writing and Enjoying Poetry An Alternative Guide to Writing and Enjoying Poetry

Given it’s World Book Day, I suppose I should mention that ‘How to Lay an Egg with a Horse Inside’ comes out next month: a collection of new poems, which doubles up as a guide to enjoying & writing poetry.

Signed copies available through the indie bookshops and here: uk.bookshop.org/a/295/978103...

05.03.2026 10:28 — 👍 63 🔁 14 💬 3 📌 2

Here's a poem, for World Book Day, from my collection 'Snap!' which brings together lots of the stories that young children might know. A chance to have a bit of fun and remind themselves of them today!

05.03.2026 11:20 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Brian Moses: Writing Ray I Am Ray’s Imaginary Friend concerns a young boy who finds that his family have to leave the village he loves and move to a busy town. Ray has always found changing circumstances difficult to cope …

Brian Moses: Writing Ray childrenspoetrysummit.com/2026/03/05/b...

05.03.2026 13:21 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

A-Z List of Children’s Poets Working in the UK This is an A-Z list of children’s poets from the UK! US poets tag coming soon. If you are a published children’s poet working in schools and would like to be considered for inclusion, p…

Are you a teacher enjoying a visit from an author on this World Book Day? There are lots of working poets in the UK listed on my website. And if you are a working children's poet with a published book, get in touch if you aren't on the list! poetryroundabout.com/a-z-list-of-...

05.03.2026 13:13 — 👍 11 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

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.

poetryroundabout.com/2025/01/08/i...

27.02.2026 16:09 — 👍 6 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

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…

Slavka Liskova performs Susan Richardson's Snow Geese Solstice poetryroundabout.com/2025/08/20/s...

27.02.2026 16:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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…

Poems and Fun at the V&A - The World's Most Joyful Museum poetryroundabout.com/2026/02/05/p...

27.02.2026 16:05 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

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…

Billie Manning: Extraordinary Voices - The Tower Hamlets Junior Slam childrenspoetrysummit.com/2026/02/26/b...

27.02.2026 16:03 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Books ready for grandson this morning

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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…

Neal Zetter: Talking Up Poetry childrenspoetrysummit.com/2026/02/12/n...

12.02.2026 12:38 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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.

07.02.2026 13:30 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you! It was nothing but a pleasure!

05.02.2026 13:11 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

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 the alphabet display in the play gallery, each poem representing an object held in the museum (one of mine was Mary Poppins' umbrella!), along with poets Michael Rosen, Valerie Bloom, Joseph Coelho and Bob Raczka, and illustrator Nayanika Chatterjee. I was unable to go to the grand opening, so it's wonderful to have this special souvenir. Do pop along if you have children and are in London - they have made it a fantastic, and yes, joyful place to be!

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…

05.02.2026 12:55 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0