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National Poetry Day at Waterstone’s Bristol!
Don’t forget that on National Poetry Day, Thursday 8th of October, from lunchtime, and on Saturday 10th October, 10am – 4pm, I will be at Waterstone’s bookshop, The Galleries, Broadmead, waiting to see you! I will have my famous giant magnetic poetry boards with me, along with the super-sized magnetic poetry, with words about light …
Advance Poetry Retreat 2015
Every year, I have the enormous pleasure of getting together with a group of children’s poets. This was organised in the beginning by Roger Stevens, after talking to Brian Moses about how isolated children’s poets are. Roger decided to invite a group of children’s poets to a retreat so they could meet. That is how I found …
I’m a National Poetry Day Poetry Ambassador!
National Poetry Day is on the 2nd of October this year, and I have been made an Ambassador along with four other children’s poets – Paul Cookson, Jan Dean, Brian Moses, and Roger Stevens. You can see pictures of them all here: National Poetry Day Ambassadors. The theme for this year’s National Poetry Day is …
C is for Chimpanzee
Gorgeous isn’t he? A chimpanzee in the wild. This photo was taken by David Schenfeld and is on Flikr. I’ve always been fascinated by the fact we share so much DNA, although further research has shown it isn’t quite as much as previously stated, we have definitely both descended from a common ancestor, around 4-6 million …
A is for Armadillo – hairy and screaming!
. . The screaming, hairy armadillo, Chaetophractus vellerosus, is a small (about 14.5 inches) burrowing armadillo from central and southern South America. If startled or picked up, this little creature emits piercing cries, thought to be a defence mechanism. It lives in many habitats where it is possible to burrow, and is omnivorous, eating insects, vertebrates …
The end of the Gromitathon!
A huge thank you to everyone who has contributed to Lola’s charity, Medical Detection Dogs, who trained her to become my assistance dog. Lola as most of you know has been visiting all the 80 Gromits to raise money for this very worthwhile charity, which helps people live more normal lives, giving them freedom and …
Lola’s Gromitathon post 4 photos
Please see post below for the information about Lola’s Gromit-athin, which she has undertaken with the help of morsels of Wensleydale to raise money for Medical Detection Dogs, who trained her. This is the link to Just Giving, if you’d like to sponsor her: http://www.justgiving.com/lizandlola Today was another sunny day and we managed to do 21 …
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