It was a treat to write about this year's #CLiPPA shortlist for 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭. Have you explored the list yet? And schools, are you signed up for the Shadowing? CLPE #poetry #teachertwitter childrenspoetrysummit.com/2024/05/09/and…

Each year the #CLiPPA24 highlights the best contemporary poetry for children, and we think this year's shortlist does just that! A huge congrats to Matt Goodfellow Kate Wakeling Julio Serrano Echeverría Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social Stephen Lightbown Nikita Gill & everyone involved in ‘My Heart is a Poem’. 🥳

The judges said the following about the #CLiPPA24 shortlisted book ‘The Final Year’ by Matt Goodfellow.

“Something we really loved about the book, is that actually in a lot of ways, it’s a love letter to poetry and the power that poetry can have for people.”

Congratulations Matt Goodfellow on your CLiPPA shortlisting!

The judges said the following about the #CLiPPA24 collection ‘And I Climbed, And I Climbed’ by Stephen Lightbown: “It is important to hear authentic voices living with disability, describing that and helping us all understand a bit more the realities, making us more empathetic.”

Congratulations, Stephen Lightbown for your CLiPPA shortlisting!

The judges said the following about 'Balam and Lluvia's House' “It is a beautifully written, beautifully translated book. It’s strange, it’s charming, and shows all at once how similar, but also how different, lives can be for children all around the world.”🙌

Congratulations @julioserranoand and Lawrence Schimel @lawrenceschimel.bsky.social for your CLiPPA shortlisting!

Next up we have Nikita Gill representing our second collection 'My Heart is a Poem', published by Little Tiger Books and including poems from Mandy Coe Laura Mucha Debjani Chatterjee, Valerie Bloom, Janet Wong, Ken Nesbitt, Jack Prelutsky, Ruth Awolola, Elaine Laron (& more tagged!)

Congratulations to everyone involved in producing 'My Heart is a Poem' for your CLiPPA shortlisting!

Congratulations, Kate Wakeling on your shortlisting for the CLiPPA 2024!

Happy Birthday to our wonderful Patron Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓! As a special treat, we are sharing all of our poetry videos for your classrooms, featuring the man himself! clpe.org.uk/poetry/videos?…

On her collection being #CLiPPA24 shortlisted, Kate Wakeling said, she’s “really thrilled more children are going to get to know more poems from this book” whilst the judges said that it gave them so much laughter, joy, musicality and fun! Congratulations Kate!

Introducing our first #CLiPPA24 shortlisted collection, ‘A Dinosaur at the Bus Stop’ by Kate Wakeling, illustrated by #EilidhMuldoon and published by Otter-Barry Books 🎉

We are delighted to have won the ERA Award for 2024 for our Free Poetry Resources 🎉

CLPE is the National Poetry Centre for Primary Schools and we provide free digital and online resources for teachers working in the Primary sector.

Find out more: ow.ly/XoRE50RkUXg

It’s today! #Teachers have you booked your seats for the announcement of the CLiPPA shortlist and Shadowing launch? CLPE

Congratulations to Foyle Young Poets Nabiha Ali (1st), Heather Chapman (2nd), Daphne Harries and William G Marshall (both commended) in the Tower Poetry Competition! 🥳

Another massive thank you to all the young people who took time to tell us what they think of #PoetryByHeart via our participation survey. Wear your gold badges with pride!✨ The survey is closed now but we will be sharing the results soon. ow.ly/4pRH50RyXAp

Thanks to everyone who said nice things about my memoir of a travelling poet. The second extract is already on the blog and details a visit to Iceland for a book festival. brian-moses.blogspot.com/2017/12/icelan… #Iceland

If you're looking for a poem to explore and to prompt writing, #teachers , here's the new #PoetryByHeart Poem of the Week, Granny Is by Valerie Bloom Valerie Bloom. With Give it a Go tips and NEW #WordOfTheWeek as well ❤️ ow.ly/JEGl50RwFO0