Children's Poetry Summit

I write poetry for grown ups as well as children, but it occurred to me recently that I have never really written a poem (for grown ups) about being a children’s poet. I have written many words about it, some of them on this blog, but not in a poetic form. So that’s what I’ve now done. Since it is grown ups who read this blog, I am happy, and a bit nervous, to share it wi...

Anyone who attended this year’s CLiPPA Poetry Show at the National Theatre or watched it via the Livestream recording will have been hug...

Can it really be the end of the school year and that time when The National Poetry Library share our summer staff picks with you? Here are some of our current favourite children’s poetry books.

Poetry Comics by Grant Snider (Chronicle Books, 2024)

We often get children coming into the library asking if we ...

There is one child I have taught this year in my Year 2 class who has exemplified everything I have ever believed about the importance of poetry.

When he came to me from Year 1, he was bright, thoughtful and full of ideas, but he struggled with reading. He was “below expectations” (I put this...