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.
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1% of children’s books published in 2017 had a BAME main character
We want to work together to change this – Read our full report and recommendations: (working link)
Our beautiful literacy library has a brand new look. Our boards have been updated with the most colourful artwork from some of our favourite books. Don't they look spectacular?!
Our
#ReflectingRealities
report is an insight into minority representation in children’s literature 2017-2021
There are both significant growth & glaring gaps, which we'll continue to highlight in our pursuit of the authentic portrayal of children in books
Our much anticipated
#ReflectingRealities
report is out now. We are sharing some promising statistics from the past 3 years of data whilst also highlighting that much work is still to be done.
Have you read it yet?
Our new
#ReflectingRealities
report has just been released, showing an increase in children’s books featuring a minority ethnic character - from 10% in 2019 to 15% in 2020.
The report can be viewed in full here:
We're giving a book away every day until Christmas in our
#CLPEAdvent
! RT to enter to win a SIGNED copy of The Lights that Dance in the Night by
@yuvalzommer
T&C's apply. Must follow us.
Good luck!
To show how much we appreciate all of you wonderful teachers out there, we have a fantastic set of CLPE recommended books and goodies to give away! Tag a teacher who you think deserves to win! (Closes Friday 15th July)
#CLPEGiveaway
To celebrate the announcement of the
@CarnegieMedals
shortlist for illustration, you can win the full shortlist in our
#CLPEFridayGiveaway
.
Comment 📚to enter! Good luck!
T&C's apply. UK only.
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We have an exciting chance for you to win a set of books from
@littletigeruk
in our
#CLPEFridayGiveaway
to celebrate the release of Find Peace in a Poem.
To enter, drop a ☮️ below.
Good luck!
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In today's
#CLPEAdvent
we're giving you the chance to win a copy of Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth by
@OliverJeffers
- just quote with a 🌍 to enter!
T&C's apply. Must follow us.
Good luck!
In today's
#CLPEAdvent
we're giving you a chance to win a copy of Fantastically Great Women Artists and Their Stories by
@KateisDrawing
- quote with a 🎨 to enter!
T&C's apply. Must follow us.
Good luck!
To celebrate the release of Ross Welford's vivid new novel 'Into the Sideways World' this week's
#CLPEFridayGiveaway
is a collection of his books including the new title!
Just like and RT to enter. T&C's apply.
Good luck!
Today marks 50 years since the Apollo 11 landed on the moon. 🌌🚀🌕
To celebrate
#MoonLanding50
, we're giving away two fabulously illustrated
#picturebooks
to schools!
Simply follow, RT and tag a friend to enter. UK only, ends 22nd July midnight.
#Apollo50
#MoonLanding
#Moon50
We have an exciting chance for you to win the
@carnegiemedals
illustration shortlist in our
#CLPEFridayGiveaway
!
To enter, drop a 🖌️ below!
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T&C's:
The competition runs across Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. We will contact the winner by DM.
Happy New Year from CLPE!
To start 2023 on a positive note, we want you to tag a teacher or school who you think deserves to win this bundle of 30 books, including some fantastic
@KidsBloomsbury
titles, tell us why you think they should win!
T&C's apply. UK only.
It's Friday, and you know what that means? Another
#CLPEFridayGiveaway
! This week, you can win a copy of The Boy Who Made Monsters by
@J_C_Pearson
(
@Usborne
)
Just reply with a 👾 in the comments to enter.
Good luck!
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In today's
#CLPEAdvent
we're giving you the chance to win a copy of The Zebra's Great Escape by Katherine Rundell - just RT with a 🦓 to enter!
T&C's apply. Must follow us.
Good luck!
Fancy winning a copy of A Nursery Rhyme for Every Night of the Year by
@AllieEsiri
in our
#CLPEFridayGiveaway
? Reply with a 🎻 to enter.
Good luck!
T&C's apply. UK only.
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Win a copy of Lord of the Forest by Caroline Pitcher and Jackie Morris (
@graffeg_books
) in this week's
#CLPEFridaygiveaway
- just like and reply with a 🐯 to enter!
Good luck!
T&C's. UK only
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🔊Our 6th annual
#ReflectingRealities
report is out now:
Our reports are a key driver in the significant, positive changes in UK children’s publishing, & there are many more books reflecting the realities of children in our world now than in 2017🧵👇
In today's
#CLPEAdvent
we're giving you the chance to win a copy of The Duck Who Didn't Like Water by Steve Small - just RT to enter!
T&C's apply. Must follow us.
Good luck!
We are all deeply saddened at the loss of our great friend and supporter Marcus Sedgwick. Marcus’s books inspired so many children and teachers in classrooms across the land.
We will miss him very much and are sending love to his family at this very sad time.
In today's
#CLPEAdvent
we're giving you a chance to win a copy of The Wizards of Once by
@CressidaCowell
- RT with💫 to enter!
T&C's apply. Must follow us.
Good luck!
In today's
#CLPEAdvent
we're giving you the chance to win a copy of The Bedtime Book of Impossible Questions by
@isabelwriting
- quote with a 😴 to enter!
T&C's apply. Must follow us.
Good luck!
🎄Day 18 of our
#CLPEAdvent
! 🎄
Drop a 🎁 below to enter to win a copy of City of Stolen Magic by
@nazneen372
and illustrated by Sandhya Prabhat (
@Penguinukbooks
)
Good luck!
T&C's:
We are delighted to announce four new Patrons to the CLPE family, who have showed us incredible support over the years,
@OliverJeffers
@kenwilsonmax
@catwrote
and Lauren Child. We are overjoyed to be working with such talent, thank you for coming on board!
It's that time of the year again!
Today is the first day of our
#CLPEAdvent
, and we're starting with an exemplary title noted in our latest
#ReflectingRealities
report, the award-winning Tyger by
@WhatSFSaid
Reply with a 🎁 to enter!
T&C's:
🎄Day 20 of our
#CLPEAdvent
! 🎄
Reply with a 🎁 to enter to win a copy of The Stories Grandma Forgot (and How I Found Them) by
@nadineaishaj
and Sandhya Prabhat (
@HodderBooks
)
Good luck!
T&C's:
Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth by
@OliverJeffers
(
@HarperCollinsCh
) is now in paperback, and we're giving you the chance to win a copy in our
#CLPEFridayGiveaway
. Just drop a 🌎 below to enter.
Download teaching notes for FREE:
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🎄Day 19 of our
#CLPEAdvent
! 🎄
Drop a 🎁 below to enter to win a copy of The Winter Wish by The Winter Wish by Helen Mortimer, Illustrated by Rachael Dean (
@Harpercollinsch
)
Good luck!
T&C's:
Reading aloud is a vital part of teaching literacy, and to hear the book read by the author/illustrator is a great way to inspire children's work.
We have 11 author/illustrators reading their books aloud, use them for
#homelearning
now:
#homelearningUK
In today's
#CLPEAdvent
we're giving you the chance to win a copy of Midnight Feasts by
@afharrold
and illustrated by
@RiddellKaty
- quote with a 🌙 to enter!
T&C's apply. Must follow us.
Good luck!
We are giving away the wonderful Granny Came Here on the Empire Windrush by
@LawrencePatrice
(
@NosyCrow
) in this week's
#CLPEFridaygiveaway
For your chance to win a copy like and drop a ⚓below.
UK only. Must follow us
Good luck.
We're giving away a copy of the wonderous 'Spark' by
@MGLnrd
in our
#CLPEFridaygiveaway
. Enter for your chance to win by quoting this post with a 🦃
T&C's. Must follow CLPE.
Good luck!
Enter our
#CLPEFridayGiveaway
for your chance to win a copy of Looking for Emily by
@fionalongmuir
, unfold the enticing mystery (
@NosyCrow
) - just like this tweet and quote with a ⛵
T&C's apply. Must follow us.
Good luck!
In today's
#CLPEAdvent
we're giving you the chance to win a copy of Oh No, George! by
@chrishaughton
- just RT to enter!
T&C's apply. Must follow us.
Good luck!
Quote with a ❤️ to be in with a chance of winning the beautiful anthology 'My Heart is a Poem' (
@LittleTigerUK
) in this week's
#CLPEFridayGiveaway
T&C's apply. Must follow us.
Good luck!
Did you know we have four FREE guides providing teachers with a handy toolkit for teaching reading, writing, poetry and in choosing and using quality texts?
Download them all now:
#Readingforpleasure
#edutwitter
#edchat
In today's
#CLPEAdvent
we're giving you the chance to win a copy of Varjak Paw by
@whatSFSaid
- RT with a 🐱 to enter!
T&C's apply. Must follow us.
Good luck!
Find accompanying teaching plans here:
To celebrate the release of
@tompalmerauthor
's new title Resist (
@BarringtonStoke
) , we're giving you the chance to win a copy in our
#CLPEFridayGiveaway
- to enter just like and quote this tweet with a 🛩️
T&C's apply. Must follow us.
Good luck!
We are giving you the chance to win a copy of The Marvellers by
@brownbookworm
full of fantastical adventure! (
@bonnierbooks_uk
)
To enter, share this tweet with a 💫
T&C's apply. Must follow us.
Good luck!
In today's
#CLPEAdvent
we're giving you the chance to win a copy of Magicborn by
@peterbunzl
- just RT to enter!
T&C's apply. Must follow us.
Good luck!
In today's
#CLPEAdvent
we're giving you the chance to win a copy of Tilda Tries Again by
@TomPercivalsays
- quote a ⭐ to enter!
T&C's apply. Must follow us.
Good luck!
We are thrilled to partner with
@_KnightsOf
&
@Booktrust
on HAPPY HERE, a new anthology of stories & poems from Black British artistic talent.
A copy will be given to every primary school in England & we will be creating free resources to use alongside.
Teachers - win a copy of Weird Sea by
@burrowsdraws
in time to celebrate
#WorldOceanDay
next Thursday - just reply with your favourite sea creature to enter our
#CLPEFridayGiveaway
! 🐳🦭🐬🐡🐠🦈🐙🦂
T&C's apply. UK only.
Good luck!
It's time for another
#CLPEFridayGiveaway
! For your chance to win a copy of Every Cloud by Ros Roberts (
@LittleTigerUK
) like this tweet and quote with a ☔
T&C's apply. Must follow us.
Good luck!
🎄Day 15 of our
#CLPEAdvent
! 🎄
Reply with a 🎁 to enter to win TWO BOOKS by
@bookhorse
: The Girl Who Became a Fish and The Boy Who Grew a Tree (
@_knightsof
)
Good luck!
T&C's:
In today's
#CLPEAdvent
we're giving you the chance to win a copy of Milo's Monster by
@TomPercivalsays
- RT with a 👾 to enter!
T&C's apply. Must follow us.
Good luck!
For
#EarthDay
today we are giving you the chance to win a copy of the beautiful One World; 24 Hours on Planet Earth by
@nicolakidsbooks
and
@JenEDesmondArt
Quote this post with a 🌎to enter.
UK Only. Must follow us. Good luck!
Enter our
#CLPEFridaygiveaway
for your chance to win a copy of the brilliantly mischievious 'Loki - A Bad God's Guide to Taking the Blame' by
@Louiestowell
- just quote this tweet with a 😈
T&C's apply. Must follow us.
Good luck!
It's December already?! This year, we've sent 15,000+ books to schools & trained 4000+ teachers on
#PowerOfReading
.
And we want to reach more.
Win a YEAR-LONG membership to Power of Reading & these fab books. Simply fill in the form & RT!
#Giveaway
In today's
#CLPEAdvent
we're giving you the chance to win a copy of Moth: An Evolution Story by Isabel Thomas - RT with a 🦋 to enter!
T&C's apply. Must follow us.
Good luck!
🎉🎉🎉
We’ve hit 20k followers!
Thank you
@WSHEnglishHub
you were our 20,000th follower 🤗
To thank all of you wonderful supporters, we’re giving away a mystery book! Simply like, RT and tag a friend! Ends tomorrow midnight. UK only.
#giveaway