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Visit Children's Laureate Julia Donaldson's website for teachers, including lots of ideas for acting out picture books in the classroom

Find out all about former Children's Laureate, award-winning author/illustrator Anthony Browne- creator of much-loved picture books including Gorilla and Willy the Wimp. Read about Anthony's books, his time as Children's Laureate, and find out about his imaginative drawing game - the Shape Game.

Find out all about the current Children's Laureate, Julia Donaldson - author of much-loved picture books including The Gruffalo, and many other books for children. Read Julia's Children's Laureate blog, find out the latest news about her projects and events, and find out more about her books.

Find a wealth of resources from award-winning author/illustrator and former Childrens' Laureate Anthony Browne to help children be creative and use their imaginations. The Shape Game resources include information about how to play this imaginative drawing game, a gallery of artwork, and a range of creative art activities for teachers to use with children of all ages - from Foundation stage to Key Stage 3 and beyond.

Find a wealth of resources from award-winning poet and former Children's Laureate Michael Rosen to help make the classroom poetry friendly, including teaching sequences, book recommendations, activity ideas, videos and helpful tips from Michael himself.

Download poetry activity ideas from poet Mandy Coe ideal for children at Key Stage 2, as part of Michael Rosen's Poetry Friendly Classroom resource.

Download poetry activity ideas from poet Mandy Coe ideal for using with children at Key Stage 1, as part of Michael Rosen's Poetry Friendly Classroom resource.

Download ideas for poetry writing activities relating to Michael Rosen's book Mustard, Custard, Grumble Belly and Gravy

Download poetry writing activities based on Michael Rosen's book Quick Let's Get Out of Here

Download ideas for poetry writing activities based on Something's Drastic by Michael Rosen.

Former Children's Laureate Anthony Browne discusses his picture books with his editor from Walker Books, Denise Johnstone-Burt, at the London Book Fair 2010 in a seminar organised by Booktrust, in this series of short videos.

In this series of short films, former Children's Laureate Anthony Browne and fellow illustrators Marcia Williams and Martin Brown, discuss the importance of illustration for older children. These films were recorded at a seminar organised by Booktrust at the London Book Fair 2010, chaired by Nicolette Jones.

Two primary teachers give us their tips on reading and writing poetry in the classroom in these two short films.

In this series of short videos, award-winning poet and former Children's Laureate Michael Rosen talks about why it's so important to make the classroom poetry friendly, and shares 13 inspiring, fun and creative poetry ideas to get you started.

Download former Children's Laureate Michael Rosen's fantastic tips on how to make your school a book-loving school.

Children at Key Stage 2 may be beginning to feel more self-conscious about drawing and visual art activities. This useful resource for teachers provides information and ideas for using imaginative drawing games like the Shape Game to enjoy creative play and encorage experimentation.

Drawing games such as the Shape Game can provide a fun way to encourage pupils at Key Stage 3 and beyond to continue to play and experiment, as well to enhance creative thinking and problem-solving abilities. This resource for art teachers includes a range of fun activity ideas.

This useful resource for teachers includes fun ideas for developing pupil's confidence to play, experiment and develop ideas visually using sketchbooks, as well as useful links.

Play the Shape Game and turn this shape Anthony Browne has drawn into something recognisable - be it a face, a fried egg, a dinosaur, or even a gorilla!

Download our new teaching sequence for Michael Rosen's A-Z: The Best Children's Poetry from Agard to Zephaniah

Michael Rosen's A-Z was developed during Michael Rosen's time as Children's Laureate from 2007-2009. The book accompanied his A-Z of poetry tour which saw him travel all over the UK to excite children about poetry.

This fabulous anthology of poetry for children includes a poet for every letter of the alphabet - with a few exceptions - Rosen has played around with some of the tricky letters, to give the reader something extra to think about! Featuring both older poems and plenty of contemporary works, the focus is on fun, reading aloud and diversity.

Our new downloadable teaching resource provides information, ideas and activities for fun classroom activities to use with Key Stage 2 pupils, as well as some activities suitable for Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 3.

You will also find more information about Michael Rosen, as well as useful recommendations of more great poetry anthologies.