Monthly Archives: October, 2017
Happy Halloween!
It’s my birthday, today. So here is a Halloween Poem to celebrate. First published in Spooky Schools, Ed. Brian Moses, Macmillan 2004. © Liz Brownlee
It’s World Animal Day #WorldAnimalDay!
Why not get a copy of Animal Magic? It has 44 endangered animal poems in it, plus illustrations and facts about them on the facing pages. Available here.
Nat. Literary Trust Premier League Writing Stars Competition, Children aged 5-11
I’m very excited to announce that The National Literacy Trust have launched a new poetry competition for children ages 5-11, as part of their Premier League Reading Stars campaign – Premier League Writing Stars. The school children are being asked to write around the theme of resilience; what does it mean to them to try …
National Poetry Day 2017 – Free the Poem Event, Exeter Library!
I had a finger operation a couple of weeks ago, so National Poetry Day/Week was a little quieter this year for me. However I spent all day, on the day, retweeting National Poetry Day tweets from all and sundry – both as myself, @lizpoet, and on behalf of The Children’s Poetry Summit – @kidspoetsummit. …
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