There's still 1 week to nominate a school for this wonderful competition run by Coram Beanstalk

Give a school a chance to win the Alligator's Mouth Award 2024 Longlist, in partnership with The Bright Agency and Gardners

Follow the link in reply to enter - deadline 2nd June!

Ahoy there! Fearsome crew members needed to set sail this #halfterm ... for only five gold coins with this fab ticket offer! Join us as we plunder Redbridge Drama Centre with our pirate show on Tue 28 May at 11 & 1.30! visionrcl.org.uk/event/plundere…
#childrenstheatre #kidstheatre #familytheatre

Get ready for the most colourful day of the year! #ElmerDay is back on 25th May and this year will be an extra special celebration for Elmer’s 35th birthday! 🌈🐘

Join in the fun by downloading the FREE Elmer Day celebration pack: elmer.co.uk/elmer-day/

We are over-the-moon-and-back delighted to bring you the:
📣2024 Longlist for The Little Rebels Award for Radical Children’s Fiction📣

#LittleRebelsAward

That’s 17 books for readers aged 0-12 which hone in on social justice themes with empathy, urgency & joy!

Wishing everyone a lovely bank holiday weekend and half term - may you get out in nature, may you have some cake, and may you see some theatre!

#halfterm #mayhalfterm #maybankholiday #childrenstheatre #kidstheatre #familytheatre #theatreineducation #reallybigpantstheatre

WE’VE BEEN TO THE SEASIDE!! We had a fab time performing at a primary school in Ramsgate today and then headed to the beach - it was lovely!

#childrenstheatre #kidstheatre #reallybigpantstheatre #seaside #ramsgate #ramsgate beach

Thanks to all the pupils and teachers who entered this year's Britain’s Funniest Class competition, and to the public for voting! 😆

Our champs for 2024 are Year 6 from Northside Primary School! Plus, give it up for Mrs Sarah Crouchley, Britain’s Funniest Teacher! 👑

We have 'been' to the seaside many times in our shows CLARE & CORY SHARE A (GLORIOUS) STORY and PLUNDERED! but for the first time in our ten year history we're going to the actual seaside tomorrow to perform at a primary school in Ramsgate! Hooray!

Illustration by Steve Smallman

Tomorrow is #OutdoorClassroomDay ! 🤩

We hope you're looking forward to getting outdoors on May 23, come rain or shine! There's still time to get involved with this global celebration of outdoor learning and play — sign up now!

👉 outdoorclassroomday.com

It says here there's only a week before we're at Redbridge Drama Centre and we're all going to encounter a dastardly litterbug pirate on the hunt for gold! Join us on Tue 28 May at 11am or 1.30pm for our swashbuckling show PLUNDERED! visionrcl.org.uk/event/plundere… #childrenstheatre #halfterm

It's #NationalChildrensDay , and there are some fantastic books out there that inspire children to stand up for what's right and fight for what they believe in.

Here are some recommended reads that could empower young people:

booktrust.org.uk/booklists/n/na…

Out now #BfK266 ! Authorgraph interview Jennifer Bell; Rebecca Cobb Windows into #Illustration ; new Beyond the Secret Garden; AI in #poetry & YA; Brian Wildsmith in Barnsley; Joseph Coelho; Tom Percival; Nicolette Jones; plus new #childrensbooks reviews. booksforkeeps.co.uk/issue/bfk-266-…

Today is #pyjamarama - are YOU in your jimjams?! We loved teaming up with @booktrust to perform our storytelling show SUDDENLY...! - although wearing our nightwear (and really big pants) in schools is normal for our bonkers bedtime story!
#childrenstheatre #kidstheatre

I'm guessing it must be 'No mow May'...

We’ve got THREE new ideas for shows! Scripts everywhere! Watch this space…

#childrenstheatre #kidstheatre #familytheatre #reallybigpantstheatre

It was a treat to write about this year's #CLiPPA shortlist for 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭. Have you explored the list yet? And schools, are you signed up for the Shadowing? CLPE #poetry #teachertwitter childrenspoetrysummit.com/2024/05/09/and…

Belated yummy cakes to celebrate our mega tenth birthday last month… not that we ever need an excuse…

It's a long time away but we're so excited to be kicking off Wantage Literary Festival on 31 Oct with a treat, not a trick! We'll be performing our show CLARE & CORY SHARE A (GLORIOUS) STORY and signing copies of our picture book & we can't wait! Tickets on sale now wantageliteraryfestival.co.uk/thursday-31-oc…

Aurora' Northern Lights over the sadly missed tree #sycamoregap by UK artist and printmaker Rebecca Vincent #WomensArt

🌟 Picture Book Shortlist 🌟

Congratulations to Harry Woodgate, Rachel Bright Books & Nadia Shireen, Jack Kurland, Robert Tregoning (he/him) 🌈 & Pippa Curnick, Benji Davies and mariesa dulak 🐯 & Rebecca Cobb

booksaremybag.com/IndieBookAward…

#IndieBookAwards