dreambeast poems
  inspirational poems, art & stories for kids by mark bird ...

It's wonderful to see your poems used, but when a charity is using them for a good cause, that is #proud with bells on. I love these hand...

Did Brian Moses just include me in the sentence, "A fine selection of poems for early years from some of our finest children's poets." I...

Some things are good enough to just be recreated as is. And there's not many works of art I create with the children at school, take...

So, at this time of year, my poem The Full Stop Day takes off as teachers get ready to say goodbye to their classes and children prepare...

It was 2007. I'd left teaching after the often thankless task of being a Deputy Head in London to go and live abroad, first Buenos Aires...

A great blog post by Hope Education about the essential Twitter accounts every teacher needs to follow ... Do you know more? Please add...

I feel blessed to have my poem "Schoolsick" long listed in the https://www.poetryforgood.org.uk/ competition aimed at celebrating the...

I'm made up to have Brian Moses use one of my poems, Bedtime At Batman's, in his mini Key Stage 1 anthology here alongside such great...

I was made aware by this incredibly evocative poem, created by a group of girls from Bradford, by their inspirational teacher Anna Cole. ...

If you haven't already, I command you to check out Neal Zetter - he's a children's poetry one-man masterclass. He shows his love and awe...

I used to the love Batman when I was a kid - the original TV series I mean. They'd play the repeats on a 70s Saturday morning - once the...

I love writing using #personification so, so much. As a child, I would personify everything. I'd feel sorry for socks that didn't get...

I found this wonderful resource (See below) and was surprised to see a slightly adapted version of my poem, The Full Stop Day, being used...

I love teaching my class about working with a limited palette and how this can enhance their art beyond belief. However, working with...

As part of Children's Mental Health Week 2021, Barlby Primary School used the inspirational 'Beautiful Oops!' by Barney Saltzberg to...

Read this short chapter story about a boy who can't help cutting hair in school and whose mean headmaster, Mr Barker, has made it his...

Another day at school, another inspiring work of creativity arrives in the hands of a proud eleven year old. Like Mo-A's poems earlier in...

As a teacher, it's brilliant when a child brings in something they have done at home, that they are proud of (and I'm not talking the...

We all need some fun in our lives right now... The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems collated by #BrianMoses. With #Lockdown easing, what...

When stars align and the new anthology, that I'm proud to be featured in, matches things on your sideboard...😂 OUT TOMORROW! Yes it may...