"Every child deserves the chance to experience the happiness that diving into a great book can bring ..." Frank Cottrell-Boyce #LoveYourLibrary

A few pages later ... #Grimsby

Begun sketches for a children's picture book ... #Grimsby

A Sofa Shared #poetry northernjim.wordpress.com/2025/10/23/a...

Little Rowan #Samhain #Halloween #Poetry

Sky Symphony #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 😊🎈

Giving up the work at the library at Christmas to concentrate on a couple of creative projects for 2026/27

Quentin's Quest #Halloween #SpookySpells #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 👍🎈 dirigibleballoon.org/poem/Quentin...

Rebecca Leek: The Ditty Bag - Episode 3 😊👍 open.substack.com/pub/rebeccal...

Spooky Spells #4 The Enchanted Sandwich dirigibleballoon.org/poem/The-Enc... #SpookySpells #Halloween #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 😮🎈

The Ballad of Nigel Bates Spooky Spells #3 dirigibleballoon.org/poem/The-Ballad-of-Nigel-Bates #SpookySpells #Halloween #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 😮🎈

Spooky Spells #2 Boris Snot, the Horrible and Vile ... dirigibleballoon.org/poem/Boris-Snot-the-Horrible-and-Vile #SpookySpells #Halloween #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 😮🎈

Soooo ... I just happen to have a load of Hallowe'en poems kicking about: Spooky Spells over on the Dirigible Balloon. Here's the first >>> dirigibleballoon.org/poem/Old-Spo... Thanks to Em Humble for the Spooky Sal picture x #SpookySpells #Halloween #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 😮🎈

Thinking about the next iteration for 2026/27 ... quite like 'Taming Tornadoes' #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon #Anthology #SmallPressPublishing #YorkshireTimesPublishing

Maggie Vandewalle. "Constellations." #Watercolour

Ann Kraft Walker. Pieces of Autumn. #Oils

Debbie Criswell - Country Cousins. Acrylic on canvas.

George Callaghan. The Winding Road Home.

John Lagasse - Autumnal Fox. #Watercolour

Happy National Poetry Day 2025! Thank you for manifesting all these joyful poems! 🎈🎈🎈

Bathroom Spider #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 🎈 dirigibleballoon.org #UKNationalPoetryDay

Sparrowhawk #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 🎈 dirigibleballoon.org #UKNationalPoetryDay

The Thoughts of a Field Mouse Travelling in a Tilt Trap #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 🎈 dirigibleballoon.org #UKNationalPoetryDay

Happy #NationalPoetryDay to all who celebrate! Can you believe I now have 30 children's poems up on the Dirigible Balloon website (along with many other fab poets)?! Here they are in all their glory - have a browse if you have a moment. Thanks to @northernjim.bsky.social for having me!

Getting ready for UK National Poetry Day 2025 #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon dirigibleballoon.org

Getting ready for UK National Poetry Day 2025 #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon dirigibleballoon.org

Getting ready for UK National Poetry Day 2025 #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon dirigibleballoon.org

Getting ready for UK National Poetry Day 2025 #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon dirigibleballoon.org

Getting ready for UK National Poetry Day 2025 #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon dirigibleballoon.org

Getting ready for UK National Poetry Day 2025 #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon dirigibleballoon.org

Getting ready for UK National Poetry Day 2025 #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon dirigibleballoon.org

Getting ready for UK National Poetry Day 2025 #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon dirigibleballoon.org

UK National Poetry Day this week on Thursday October 2nd 2025. Here's a painting to stick on your fridge ... #Poetry #FridgePainting northernjim.wordpress.com/2025/09/28/fridge-painting

UK National Poetry Day this week on Thursday October 2nd 2025. Here's a painting to stick on your fridge ... #Poetry #FridgePainting northernjim.wordpress.com/2025/09/28/fridge-painting

Please look at The Dirigible Balloon, one of the most diverse children's poetry banks in the world, founded by @northernjim.bsky.social it is supporting the Festival of Britain via poems! @london.gov.uk @ldnculture.bsky.social 👇🏻 Dirigible Balloon - Poetry for Children share.google/t0p5QUycgfoB...

Imagine the Future ... dirigibleballoon.org #PoetryForChildren #WorldPoetry #DirigibleBalloon 🎈

On the Dirigible Balloon dirigibleballoon.org you'll find a cornucopia of wonderful poems imagining the future. They're free, they're safe, they'll take you to fantastical places, they'll make you smile, they'll make you think ... what are you waiting for? #PoetryForChildren #ImagineTheFuture

#Teachers #Schools #Families #NationalPoetryDay2025 is coming. This way for high quality, safe, thought provoking, informative and funny poems for key stage 2 and 3 children >>> dirigibleballoon.org #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 🎈

#Teachers #Schools #Families #NationalPoetryDay2025 is coming. This way for high quality, safe, thought provoking, informative and funny poems for key stage 2 and 3 children >>> dirigibleballoon.org #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 🎈

Handy poems ... #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon 🎈 www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkXU...

The Dirigible Balloon is a free-to-use poetry bank for children, families and schools which is safe, devoid of pop-ups and hosts over 2000 excellent poems from 500 poets worldwide. #Education #Teachers #Poetry Come and see >>> dirigibleballoon.org 🎈

This has made me sadder than expected ... www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/m...

Morning @brianbilston.bsky.social #PoetryForChildren #DirigibleBalloon dirigibleballoon.org : )

On Good Days atriumpoetry.com/2018/03/09/on-good-days-jonathan-humble/

Such a fabulous resource!

Such a wonderful online resource for children's poetry. Show your teacher friends, your primary aged children and anyone who writes for children.