National Poetry Day 2024

Happy National Poetry Day! Bring the joy of poetry into your classroom with this recording of Michael Rosen's Big 50 Year Show featuring children's favourites No Breathing, Hot Food and of course Chocolate Cake!

Follow up the show by writing a poem with Michael using this excellent poetry workshop video

or choose from a range of fun and creative activities using these downloadable resources linked to Michael's book Mustard, Custard, Grumble Belly and Gravy.

Here at the Children's Bookshow we champion great poets in our national tour to theatres across the country every autumn supported by funding from Old Possum's Practical Trust. This year we are working with poets Owen Sheers, Kate Wakeling, Valerie Bloom, Kwame Alexander, and Michael Rosen.

Head over to our youtube channel to watch poets perform and talk about their work and watch more inspiring, digital poetry writing workshops with Kwame Alexander and Kate Wakeling.