If……. Little Word, Big Meaning
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, but make allowances for their doubting too..... The start of one...
View ArticlePoetry Award 2009 CLPE- winner
John Agard, with The Young Inferno, illustrated by Satoshi Kitamura is the winner of the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education poetry award for 2009. CLPE has a brilliant poster information...
View ArticleHeroes and Heroines
Heroes and Heroines is the theme of the Old Possum's Children's Poetry Competition for for 2009. Time to get your imaginations fired up again after the summer break and get writing. The Children's...
View ArticleWhat is Children’s Poetry For?
The title of the 2009 Phillipa Pearce Memorial Lecture, given by Michael Rosen and introduced by Morag Styles. The lecture was presented to a packed audience at Homerton College in Cambridge on 10th...
View ArticlePerform-a-Poem
Perform-a-Poem is a terrific concept. Children perform their own poems, which are put onto a video and safely uploaded on to the web site. All you have to do is stand back and watch the performance....
View ArticleCrispy Juice
Crispy Juice – Love Music, Love poetry, Love kids. A new concept bringing rhymes and poetry together in a beautifully presented package. Crispy Juice website has style, quality and is a real delight...
View ArticleOld Possum’s Children’s Poetry Competition
A great competition which had over 4000 entries this year from all over the world. The awards and celebrations were held at The Unicorn Theatre in London on 14th December. Children and parents mingled...
View ArticleA Kid in My Class Poems by Rachel Rooney and illustrated by Chris Riddell
Buy this book here - free delivery! Meet a class of school children, every one described in A Kid in My Class, the pushy one to the shy one, the tough kid and the not so tough! A favourite is... Cool…...
View ArticleBeing Me Poems about Thoughts, Worries and Feelings
Three gifted poets team up with a collection of poems dealing with worries and anxieties and find ways to develop empathy and mindfulness. Read about the Land of Blue, where it’s OK to feel sad,...
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