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Here's one of our talented Shadowing Winners bringing John Agard's poem 'Once Upon a Time' to life at CLiPPA 2026.

Thank you to all of our Shadowing Winners for helping make this year's awards ceremony such a memorable celebration of children's poetry.

This week’s Lower Key Stage Two pick: 'The Lost Robot' by Joe Todd-Stanton and published by Flying Eye Books. In this picturebook, a little robot wakes up in a futuristic rubbish dump with no memory of its life before then. It sets out to discover how it came to be there, and where it truly belongs.
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Here's John Agard bringing his award-winning poetry to life at CLiPPA 2026 with a performance of his poem titled 'Bogeyman Headmaster.'

Congratulations once again to John on winning this year's CLiPPA, and to all of our shortlisted poets for sharing their fantastic work with us. 🎉

In this clip, Shirley Hottier talks about her experience illustrating the CLiPPA 2026-winning collection 'The Poetry World of John Agard' and what she enjoyed most about the process.

For more videos from this year's shortlisted poets, visit the CLPE website: https://clpe.org.uk/poetry/videos ✨

A huge congratulations to Heathfield Infant School for a wonderful performance at the National Theatre in front of ~1000 audience members at !

Poem: 'Dinosaur' from 'Five Little Friends: A Collection of Finger Rhymes', by Sean Taylor, illustrated by Fiona Woodcock, Walker Books🎉

What a delight to hear a selection of poems from 'Five Little Friends: A Collection of Finger Rhymes' live, from shortlisted poet by Sean Taylor, illustrated by Fiona Woodcock, Walker Books- A huge congratulations to all of our shortlisted poets! 🎉

Another wonderful moment from the CLiPPA 2026 Awards Ceremony. 🐝✨

Two of our Shadowing Winners take to the stage to perform 'Bumblebee' by Simon Mole, with live illustration by Chris Riddell.

We loved seeing these young poetry enthusiasts bring Simon's words to life.