Two children from the Thames Valley are among five youngsters battling cancer who have inspired a poem about courage by former children's laureate Joseph Coelho. Eight-year-old Lily, from Witney ...

Michael Rosen introduces and reads some of his best-known work for children, including 'Don't' and 'Chocolate cake'. One of a series of audio programmes profiling a different contemporary children ...

The poem was commissioned in 2000 and written by the then Welsh children's poet laureate, Myrddin ap Dafydd from Llanrwst, who is also a chaired bard. "Chei di ddim odli" refers to wide ranging laws ...

BEN Taberner may only be 12 years old, but he has his head in the stars. The young science-lover, from Bicester, is among 20 budding poets at Woodeaton Manor School, to have their poems published ...

Writing poems boosts self-esteem at any age, says Kate Clanchy – here's how and why to get started.

“Now as a dad myself I want my kids to grow up in a world where peace is a reality for all, not just a dream,” says Jason, who lives with his wife and two sons in London.

Roger McGough introduces and reads some of his best-known poems for children, including 'First day at school' and 'Didgeridoo'. One of a series of audio programmes profiling a different ...

The actors Juliet Stevenson and Alex Jennings join the writers Jacqueline Wilson and Michael Morpurgo, current and former Children's Laureate respectively, to read some of Ted Hughes's poems for ...

Moving poems written by prisoners and their children have been published in a new book edited by a De Montfort University Leicester academic. Dr Lucy Baldwin, senior lecturer in Criminology and ...

Kent doctors Ranj Singh and Kate O'Loughlin helped contribute to a new poem for children affected by the pandemic.

Moving poems written by prisoners and their children have been published in a new book edited by a De Montfort University Leicester academic. Dr Lucy Baldwin, senior lecturer in Criminology and ...