The Children’s Poetry Bookshelf Competition 2007 is now open! To download an entry form and find out what you could win, click here.
This year's Children's Bookshowis on the theme of poetry. Visit their site now to find out about the wonderful children's poetry events across the country.
Also new on the CPB site
We've recently added our CPB reading list which will help you find the best
children's poetry for teachers, parents and librarians and has been
compiled by our education expert and Selector Mandy Coe.
Our Patrons
We're delighted that the wonderful children's poets Ian McMillan and
Adrian Mitchell have agreed to join Poet Laureate Andrew Motion in
supporting us as Patrons of the CPB.
Welcome to the Children's Poetry Bookshelf
The
CPB was set up by the Poetry Book Society to support poetry written for children.
Its aim is to encourage children to read and enjoy poetry and it operates as a
book club.
The books we offer are chosen by a panel of expert Selectors, whose
task is to find the
very best children's poetry.
Our website
This
new website launched in October 2005 is part of a major relaunch of the Children's
Poetry Bookshelf funded by Arts Council England. It is the only website totally
dedicated to children's poetry. We hope to make it a place where children will
come to discover many fine children's poems and to take part in activities, including
quizzes and poem puzzles. We will also encourage interactivity and hope to post
children's own poems, reviews and comments, making the site a lively and entertaining
place.Fun from poetry
We believe that children can get
a tremendous amount of fun from poetry and that it can help in many ways with
developing their reading and writing skills. We also feel that we, as adults,
need to encourage kids to develop a love of poetry if we are to have an adult
audience for it.
Children's poetry We hope that you
will join with us in supporting the Children's Poetry Bookshelf.
Of
course we'd
love you to sign up as members and receive regular poetry packages,
but
we hope
that above all you will encourage the children in your family, your class
or your
library to visit the site and enjoy the wonderful children's poetry we'll be
featuring.
