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How To Create A Character
To write a brilliant story we need brilliant characters. The good news is that brilliant characters are EASY to make up. We just need to ask ourselves some questions. Like, WHY… Why is my character special? Why is my character interesting? Why is my character worth liking (or disliking)? Sometimes, when I create a character,…
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You and the Years
You’re eight and a day And you see right away In the mirror you’re looking at you. It’s unmistakably true You’re just as brand new As last week and all weeks before too. You’re eighteen and just then It happened again, You saw how you look here and now. You have a tattoo and the…
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Bear and the Three Humans
It was a harsh Winter for Bear. The snows had come early and went deeper than ever before into the forest where he lived. Bear’s little cave provided no shelter at all from the unusually wild winds and, as he was the smallest bear in his den, he found himself waking up every few days.…
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The Dark
Don’t let the Dark catch you bright; Roam home, little people, roam home. Run, bury your light Or we’d lose such a sight If the Dark were to witness you bright. But you really can’t lose If you sparkle in twos, If you sparkle in reds or all manner of blues, Little people you really…
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The Forgotten—a Christmas Story
a story from The Edge Of Christmas “What if Father Christmas forgot someone?” here is a house just out of sight, a house built upon a bend in the road, which cannot be seen from the north as surely as it cannot be seen from the south. In the summer, the trees around grow thick…
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Macy’s Christmas Paper
This is Macy Mayhew. Macy Mayhew is almost ready for Christmas. She has decorated her tree, with stars from the sky. She has iced her cake, with fresh fallen snow. She has written her cards, with secret wishes. She has ticked off the days, written her list and has been ever so good. But Macy…
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Alfie Knight—a World War 1 poem
Alfie Knight Our Alfie Knight, he likes to fight, He’s nine years old, and plenty bold. He’s very strong, and never wrong. He’s got a bike, the little tyke, He wants a gun, he thinks it’s fun To go and fight, does Alfie Knight. Reckons shooting might be tooting, Reckons stabbing’s pretty fab and All…
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Christmas poems for children – Day 5
It’s the end of the week and the last of our Christmas poems for children. To end we are back in the world of snow with a poem called ‘The Trouble With Snowmen’ by Roger McGough Read the poem out loud. Does it rhyme? Do the rhymes make it easy to read? Who is talking…
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Christmas poems for children – Day 4
Today we are looking at a Christmas poem by a wonderful poet called John Siddique. It’s from his book, ‘Don’t Wear It On Your Head’. Read the poem out loud. Does it sound like what you think a poem sounds like, or does it sound like a conversation? Does it rhyme? Look at some of…
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Christmas poems for children – Day 3
Today the Christmas poems feature one by Shel Silverstein. Shel wrote lots of beautiful books for children (my favourite is ‘The Giving Tree’) and lots of poetry too. He had a great sense of humour as you will see from this poem. Read the poem out loud. Does it rhyme? Does it have an easy…