New blog post: Soccer Poetry for Kids! ⚽️📚
Sharing poems, books, & writing ideas for kids just in time for the #WorldCup!
Featuring @colinwest.bsky.social, @kennnesbitt.bsky.social, @helenzax.bsky.social, & more!
Read here: stefankarlssonwrites.wixsite.com/author/post/...
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Brilliant post by @attielime.bsky.social about sharing the joys of poetry with kids. No doubt I’ll be returning to this post for inspiration. Thank you Attie & @cpsummit.bsky.social! 💚
Looking for ways to combine a love of soccer with a love of poetry? This guide features soccer poems, book recommendations, and creative writing activities to help teachers, librarians, parents, and y...
⚽️ Just posted a new poem video for kids for the #WorldCup!
This poem follows a young soccer player learning to juggle a ball. It’s a celebration of patience, persistence, and practice!
Watch here: youtu.be/LTq5kClq7fc?...
#poetrycommunity #kidlit #soccer
Our very own mentor/poet, @shaunjexauthor.bsky.social, joined us for our new interview! Shaun provides advice for anyone aiming to write professionally and mentions his poetry collection, A Catalog of Curious Creatures. Please share, follow, and keep shining!✨
www.litkidsmagazine.com/post/shaun-j...
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Submissions for Issue 15 open on June 22nd!
In a galaxy far, far away, through the depths of the ocean, in the middle of a moonless night…
For this issue, we want you to take us into the dark.
Visit www.littlethoughtspress.com/theme to learn more!
#kidlit #callforsubmissions
YouTube video by Poetry for Kids with Stefan Karlsson
Attie Lime: Lighting the Spark childrenspoetrysummit.com/2026/05/28/a...
I made a short promo video to celebrate the 2 year anniversary. You can watch it here 😊
youtube.com/shorts/1J4XL...
I’m enjoying the new ticket of #kidlit poetry on The Poetry Express website! The theme for this ticket is Historical Horrors. Kids will love the ghoulish stories, spooky details, & gruesome facts. Congrats to the awesome contributors!
Check it out here: scaryness.com/historical-h...
It’s the 2 year anniversary of my #kidlit poetry YouTube channel! 🎈Thanks to everyone who has supported my illustrated poems for kids! 💚
I’ll have more updates soon! 📖
#poetry #poetrycommunity
So many excellent #picturebooks lately! Here are a few recent favs:
Black Hands: Builders of Our Nation by Carole Boston Weatherford & R. Gregory Christie
A Door Is to Open by Kyo Maclear & Julie Morstad
Navigating Night by Julie Leung & Angie Kang
The Fountain by Lisa Loffredo
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A bit of randomness 🌀 swirled into a familiar pattern 🌊
Late for Marbled Monday but here’s this week’s dose of paper marbling 🎨
#marbling #craftsky #pattern #art
At the end of a recent school visit, a teacher showed me videos of children outside in the drizzle, performing poems they had created themselves that morning. She told me that during their forest s…
Tim the Neanderthal by Ian Brownlie MRS FOSSIL’S HISTORY LESSON by Lou Treleaven The Midnight Manifest by Elena de Roo The Serpent’s Lore by Deborah Bowkis CNUT by Graham Cawser Colosseum Dream by …