Word Play: Turn Your Classroom Into a Poetry Playground This National Poetry Day
What if poetry could literally decorate your walls and fill your space with joy? On National Poetry Day (or any day!), your school is invited to create something magical: poetry and bunting that transforms classrooms into vibrant celebrations of words and creativity.
Find out more and download the resource pack from National Poetry Day
I have written many popular books for children. My work includes fiction, picture books, poetry and non-fiction.
What can I do for your school?
Perform, amuse, entertain, move, inspire!
Run a writing workshop to produce a class poem or story
Plus of course Q&A, Readings, Book Signing
Contact me via Authors Aloud or direct through my website
Live visits, video visits, Zoom visits
I write all sorts of things including poetry - mostly, but not entirely for children. I have popped up to share poetry with sticky infants, tattooed felons and bewildered passers - by and will be spreading the light in schools and streets and railway stations here and there on National Poetry Day - and all year long.
My Latest Books
All Together Now: Collected Poems (illustrated by Nick Sharratt)
Respect - the Walter Tull story (new extended edition with archive photography)
Walter Tull’s Scrapbook - the true story of a football star and war hero. Inspiration for Black History Month.
Reaching the Stars - a collection of new poems celebrating extraordinary women and girls.
Wonderland : Alice in Poetry. Here you will find the brilliant poems by Lewis Carrol and brand new poems inspired by them - from some of our best loved contemporary poets.
“LOVED it, children loved it,
FANTASTIC feedback from staff…
GREAT writing outcomes…
We would welcome her back anytime…”
— World Book Day 2022 Rotherfield Primary School, Islington
“Thank you for bringing reading magic to our school. Your wonderful workshops have inspired children and staff and in each class room I can see children excited to continue the work you have begun. The children and the staff are buzzing!”
— Shireen Babul, School Librarian, Chalkhill Primary, Brent