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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...
I first got the idea of using a Spinning Wheel of Poetry after shadowing the brilliant poet Justin Coe. Justin had a wheel he occasionally used in workshops and advised that unveiling it to a room of children was a bit like throwing a slab of meat into shark-infested waters. You’d certainly get their attention, but there was a very real risk that you’d be eaten alive if y...
John’s winning book is The Poetry World of John Agard, with new illustrations by Shirley Hottie...
The full shortlist is:
The Poetry World of John Agard by John Agard, illustrated by Shirley Hottier, Otter-Barry Books
Press Start to Play, Sam Gayton, illustrated by Jack Noel, Andersen Press
A First Book of Bugs by Simon Mole, illustrated by Adam Ming, Walker Books
Five Little Friends