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Jonathan Sellars
@jsellarslieshere.bsky.social
Award entering children’s author and poet. Lover of chocolate milkshakes. Searching for a word that rhymes with Jonathan.

Author of Polly Plum: Brave Adventurer and Listen To Your Vegetables.

www.jonathansellars.co.uk
Ode to Trains 🚂 ( and why you should choose poetry and not train food 🤢). #poemsforkids #mytrainbuffet #ukkidlit #poems #funny #donteatrainfood
July 3, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Ode to homework-eating dinosaurs 📚🦖. Published by the brilliant The Dirigible Balloon #poemsforchildren #poemsfordinosaurs #homework
June 24, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Ode to Dads. Happy Father’s Day for Sunday. #poems #fathersday
June 13, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Ode to Freedom 🦁🦏🦒🦍. Published by the brilliant The School Magazine and illustrated by the wonderful David Legge 🙏. #roarfreedom #poems #poetry #poemsforchildren #ukkidlit #freedom
June 2, 2025 at 6:26 AM
New story on website. ZIZI AND ZAZA 🦓🌴 . Perfect for anyone with an interest in tree-climbing zebras. Published by The School Magazine and illustrated by Michel Streich. Huge, huge thanks to both 🙏. #ziziandzaza #zebras #storiesforchildren #funny #kidlituk #kidlit

www.jonathansellars.co.uk/stories
Stories — Jonathan Sellars Poet and Author
Short stories by poet and author Jonathan Sellars
www.jonathansellars.co.uk
April 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Ode to raging bulls 🐂🐄🌌. Illustrated by the brilliant David Legge and published by the fantastic The School Magazine. #kidlituk #poems4kids #ragingbill #poetry #poemsforchildren #rhyme #funny
April 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Ode to Trainee Snake Charmers 🐍 🪈. Illustrated by the brilliant David Legge. Published by the fantastic The School Magazine. #poems #ukkidlit #poems4kids #snakes #charming #marymaypalmer
March 5, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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A poem by me for #WorldBookDay, from Blue Jelly and Strawberries, out this week with @otterbarrybooks.bsky.social, illustrated by #KateSheppard. Copies available to buy everywhere now, or DM for a signed copy, thanks ☺️💙🍓
March 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
This from @attielime.bsky.social is poetry at its best. Poetry for me is about celebrating the fun you can have with words and this book captures that perfectly. #ukkidlit #poetry #poemsforchildren
February 28, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I fought my website and I think we came out in a draw. It turned all my hair grey, but I managed to update the poems pages 🫠.

#ukkidlit #poems #websitepain

www.jonathansellars.co.uk/poems
Poems — Jonathan Sellars Poet and Author
www.jonathansellars.co.uk
February 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Ode to Rules 🍅🥕🥦🥔🌽🥒. #poemsforchildren #ukkidlit #kidlituk #poems #vegetables
February 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Ode to the Tyrants In This World 🍊👺. #ukkidlit #childrenpoems #poems #rhyme #laughoryoullcry #kidlit
January 23, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Delighted to win the Writing Magazine Humorous Poem Competition with my Ode To Rhyming Tips. #poems #funny #ukkidlit #rhyme
January 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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Brand new on my blog, a bespoke poem written for River Primary School, Kent. The poem is based on their school values, expressed in the acronym 'THRIVE'. Check it out on my blog: joshuaseigalpoet.blogspot.com/2025/01/thri... #EduSky #KidLitUk
January 23, 2025 at 10:42 AM
December 17, 2024 at 9:39 AM
A new video that proves the lack of correlation between time spent and quality of production value. 🐊. #ukkidlit #poems4kids #poemsforanyone #alligators #aunties #rhyme

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AUNT ALI'S ALLIGATOR
YouTube video by Jonathan Sellars
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December 12, 2024 at 10:02 AM
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A new Christmas poem for kids about a child who is sick of playing a Christmas tree in the school nativity #poems4kids #Christmas

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'I Always Play The Christmas Tree' Funny Christmas Poem for Kids
Funny Christmas poem for kids - 'I Always Play the Christmas Tree' This child has had enough of always playing the nativity Xmas tree.
www.dreambeastpoems.com
December 8, 2024 at 3:58 PM
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#kidlit
Three more rhymes of mine - plus lots by other poets - all flying free with the Dirigible Balloon. dirigibleballoon.org
Thanks again to Jonathan Humble and crew.
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December 4, 2024 at 7:02 AM
Ode to Space Tyrants and Comeuppances. 🛸⚡️🌋. #ukkidlit #poems #dohastagsworkhere
December 9, 2024 at 10:02 PM
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Eeek so happy to see @joshuaseigal.bsky.social on here!
His events are brilliant & big fans of I Don’t Like Poetry in our house 🥳
November 25, 2024 at 7:21 PM
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Ode to Untrainable Tigers 🐅. Illustrations by the brilliant @queeniechanhere.bsky.social. Published by the awesome The School Magazine. #poems #ukkidlit #tigers #rhyme #poemsforchildren #poems4kids #tigertrainers
November 22, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Ode to Untrainable Tigers 🐅. Illustrations by the brilliant @queeniechanhere.bsky.social. Published by the awesome The School Magazine. #poems #ukkidlit #tigers #rhyme #poemsforchildren #poems4kids #tigertrainers
November 22, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Yes!!! Can’t recommend these poems enough.
If YOUR brain has frozen this morning, why not defrost with some poems? #UKKidLit
November 20, 2024 at 10:34 AM
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What have YOU read and loved, lately? A weekly reminder to review a book you've enjoyed, on Amzn, Goodreads etc. It's so helpful to authors and just takes a couple of minutes. Please use the #TuesReviews hashtag & spread the word - let's do some good for the ❤️ of 📚!
a drawing of a woman reading a book with a cat and a butterfly in the background
ALT: a drawing of a woman reading a book with a cat and a butterfly in the background
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November 19, 2024 at 6:56 AM