Poetry for Children

After five years' teaching in two Melbourne high schools, I taught English in Paris during the 1970s. Returning to London in 1979, I taught in various London schools. Post-1990, I've taught creative writing, especially poetry. I started writing poetry for children in 1985.

Qualifications - B.A., Dip. Ed. (1963) - University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3052, Australia.

Education Officer - Writers Inc/Blue Nose Poetry, a London-based poetry writing, performance and workshop group
Address: Morag McRae, Administrator
14 Somerset Gardens
London SE13 7SY
Tel: 0208 305 8844.
Email: admin@writersinc-london.org.uk

PUBLICATIONS - Poetry for Children

Anthologies:
The Poetry of War, 1914-1989(B.B.C.,1990)
Poetry Street 3(Longman, 1991)
Sing Freedom! (Faber, 1991)
Other Worlds(BBC, 1991)
Shades of Green(Julia MacRae Books, 1991)
Science Poetry(Wayland, 1991)
Can You Hear? Poems for Oxfam(Pan Macmillan, 1992)
Houses and Homes (Wayland, 1992)
The Much Better Storybook (Red Fox, 1992)
Them and Us (Bodley Head, 1993)
Wordplay (B.B.C., 1993)
The Longman Book Project (1994)
It's Raining Cats and Dogs (Blackie, 1994)
A Trunkful of Elephants (Methuen, 1994)
Otherworlds (Faber, 1995)
Through a Window (Longman, 1995)
Paws and Claws (Hutchinson, 1995)
Somewhere in the Sky (Nelson, 1996)
A Glass of Fresh Air (Collins, 1996)
A Noisy Noise Annoys (Bodley Head, 1996)
Wordwhirls (O.U.P., 1998)
The Unidentified Flying Omelette (Hodder, 2000)
The King's Pyjamas (Belitha Press, 2001)
The Apple-Raid (Macmillan, 2001)
Ramshackle Rainbow (Macmillan, 2001)
Toothpaste Trouble (Macmillan, 2002)
Poems for Year 4 (Macmillan, 2002)
The Works 2 (Macmillan, 2002)
Wandamania (Hodder Wayland, 2003)

Radio:

1992-1993 - Writing and presentation of 3 Wordplay children's programmes (7-9 years) for B.B.C. Radio 5.

Workshops:

Poetry workshops with children during my teaching career (1964 onwards) but especially since 1990. . .

The Word Festival - Workshops:

Poetry in the Garden Poetry/Sculpture Project in conjunction with the Carving Workshop, Cambridge - Town Quay, Barking, January-March, 1999

Lea Valley Regional Park Authority

Collaboration with Anita Rivera, sculptor; workshopping with junior school children - preparation of and presentation of poems for Sun Scroll spiral path at Tottenham Marshes - May-June, 2000

Competitions:

Adjudicator of Barnet Poetry Competition - 7-11s and 12-16s. 1993 - 2000.

Readings:

Readings in many Book Weeks, Festivals and Workshops.


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