Well, hello again, poetry lovers! It’s time for another roundup of news from the wonderful world of children’s poetry. Here’s what’s been happening around the kidlit poetry blogosphere this week.
Children’s Poetry Summit
The Children’s Poetry Summit featured an article by Emma Dai’an Wright, where she discusses how The Emma Press expanded into children’s poetry, starting with themed anthologies, solo collections, and translated works, with a goal of introducing new talent and international voices to the UK children’s poetry scene.
Danna Smith Book Blog
Danna Smith shared the exciting news that her book, Zenguin, has been selected by the Junior Library Guild, giving readers something to look forward to when it releases on January 6, 2026.
David L. Harrison
David L. Harrison has been keeping busy as always! He announced that his article about the importance of stories in children’s literature has been accepted for publication by The California Reader. He has also added two new recordings to the Poetry from Daily Life Free Video Library, one by Barbara Loots and another by Rebecca Kai Dotlich, who is sharing her love of words. Lastly, David also announced the Word of the Month poetry challenge for December, inviting poets to submit poems inspired by the word “time.”
DreamBeast Poems
Over at the DreamBeast Poems blog, Mark Bird, has a funny Nativity poem for children about a child who always plays the Christmas tree.
Imagine the Possibilities
Rose Cappelli at the Imagine the Possibilities blog reflected on a busy Thanksgiving holiday and a literacy conference, which led to a poem about storytelling.
Joshua Seigal
Joshua Seigal offers a creative writing activity idea for younger children about adventure poems using exciting verbs. He also discusses his poem, “Here We All Are,” which explores family history, and shares another blog post called “Isn’t It Weird” and a humorous poem about a chicken, “Cocky.”
Laura Purdie Salas
Laura Purdie Salas is spreading the joy! She shared a video of her singing her book “Puddle Song” and is running a contest for educators, offering a free author visit.
Live Your Poem
Irene Latham at the Live Your Poem blog is hosting the Poetry Friday Roundup this week, inviting readers to share their links and also shares a podcast appearance.
My Juicy Little Universe
Heidi Mordhorst shared a poetry challenge inspired by an item of clothing and an appreciation for a typewriter key-print dress and a botanical design dress in poem for a dress.
Poetry Box
Paula Green is looking for a poem about a boy and his mum and is wrapping up its poetry challenges for the year in Poetry Box November challenge: some favourite poems.
Poetry Roundabout
Liz Brownlee’s Poetry Roundabout reviews “A Welly Full of Christmas” by Attie Lime, giving it a glowing five-star rating.
Radio, Rhythm & Rhyme
Matt Forrest Esenwine is celebrating his book, “A Universe of Rainbows,” being selected as an NCTE Notable Poetry Book, and he shares his experience at the conference, along with poems inspired by Robert Frost’s “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.”
Reflections on the Teche
Margaret Simon has posted about Spiritual Thursday and Poetry Friday: Advent, providing an image poem for each word of Advent for Spiritual Thursday, and a Wordle haiku for Poetry Friday. The author also shares a photo of a mural in Denver and an invitation to contribute poems.
Salt City Verse
At the Salt City Verse blog, Janice Scully discusses urban sketching and shares a snow poem.
Shaun Jex
And Shaun Jex has shared a blog post celebrating the holiday season with a focus on family food traditions and is encouraging readers to write a poem about their own holiday food traditions.
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