Collage of children's book covers. Includes "A Whale of a Time" with colorful illustrations, "The Beasts Beneath Our Feet" featuring dinosaurs, "Once Upon a Big Idea" with vibrant icons, "The Star Whale" showcasing a whale in space, and "Change Sings" depicting a child with a guitar.

We love poetry at Chestnut Books and are passionate about providing children with inspiring poems that will stay with them for a lifetime.

Poetry Collections

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Poetry Collections 〰️

We’ve carefully selected a wonderful range of anthologies that cover a variety of different themes and structures. There are poems to perform and poems to inspire children to write their own verses. We’ve included lots of links to topics and, most importantly, poetry that promotes our shared values of kindness, celebrating diversity and promoting self-confidence & well-being.

“Poetry is the sound of words in your ears, it's the look of poets in motion and that can be you.' ~ Rosen

“Poetry is the sound of words in your ears, it's the look of poets in motion and that can be you.' ~ Rosen

"Poetry has power. It can connect. It can touch a soul." ~ Agard

"Poetry has power. It can connect. It can touch a soul." ~ Agard

“Writing poetry gives me a way to put words and images into other people's hands." ~ Coelho

“Writing poetry gives me a way to put words and images into other people's hands." ~ Coelho

Illustration of a person in a colorful striped shirt holding a pencil and notebook. Text reads "Joseph Coelho" with "Children's Laureate 2022-2024" logo. Funded by Arts Council England, BookTrust, Waterstones logos.

Poetry

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Class Texts

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Poetry 〰️ Class Texts 〰️