Primary teachers/supply teachers - if you need some fresh ideas for getting children writing, do visit my blog where there are many tried & tested ideas for all ages. https://t.co/1RVVTYZHHV Follow for daily poetry prompts during term time.

@smithsmm I remember the sharp intakes of breath when I used to speak about the use of his books in school at the expense of quality texts - do you read the woeful ‘worlds worst children’ or Charlotte’s Web? Do you read trash riven with vile stereotypes or quality literature?

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Now get his vile books off your shelves, bookshops get rid now, schools, libraries get rid. Let’s move on and celebrate brilliant books written by brilliant people for the joy of the story they need to tell.

His books were pushed and promoted to high heaven at the expense of other writers who wrote significantly better books that with the kind of promotion he received would have absolutely flown. He literally started the celebrity children’s author push that has damaged real authors

@moses_brian What a beautiful poem - full of the best kind of sighs. Merry Christmas to you and yours, Brian.

Based on 6 years research and development with highly effective schools - this book digs into planning a unit of work around quality texts - if you want to raise reading standards this might help:

@moses_brian What a lovely poem. The last lines are so true: "It’s what we all do, time-travelling in the sweet December gloom, all of us, forever, going home." Merry Christmas to you and yours, Brian! 🎄

To all my contacts on X, have a really enjoyable Christmas break, and all good wishes for a healthy and successful 2026. For those going home, either in reality or nostalgically, here is a poem for you. https://t.co/vlYUBO0G6h

To all my contacts on X, have a really enjoyable Christmas break, and all good wishes for a healthy and successful 2026. For those going home, either in reality or nostalgically, here is a poem for you. https://t.co/vlYUBO0G6h

Forgive the self indulgence, but after months of illness, it's wonderful to be writing poetry again. Thanks to @JonathanHumble at @TheDirigible for publishing my love letter to #ChristmasJumper #ItchyJumper wearers everywhere. https://t.co/rrSwO8TlA6

Spot on Deborah.

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I have thoroughly enjoyed reading A Welly Full of Christmas with my children. It offers an abundance of whimsical magic and timeless Christmas joy. I know it’s a great book when my child says, ‘‘Why have you stopped reading?’’ @AttieLime @TinyTreeBooks #NadineLicence #poetry

Teachers, parents, anyone who wants to feel a bit more Christmassy, here are two lots of Christmas and winter poems to enjoy and share! Please do share!

Daily poetry prompt: More quick writing ideas for the last days of term. https://t.co/ZDyQk1ATBz @PieCorbett

I received some difficult news last week but an email from @JonathanHumble has put a BIG smile on my face! Thank you so much for uploading my three poems on @TheDirigible. Especially pleased to have this riddle poem on the DB: https://t.co/KO7VDd8jxo #poetry #kidlit

Nativity was going well until the Shepherds started fighting 🤭

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Daily poetry prompt: More quick writing ideas for the last days of term. https://t.co/ZDyQk1ATBz @PieCorbett

@moses_brian @ElliottBlackwe3 They were a breakthrough - quality poetry and full colour illustrations. So much better than most anthologies churned out on poor paper and full of poems children do not want to read and with no illustration or just b&w line drawings.