Tour by New Zealand poet celebrates children’s poetry

&NewLine;<p><img class&equals;" alignright size-full wp-image-1104" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;schoolnewsnz&period;fastrackdev&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2014&sol;10&sol;SND08-wk3-News-Poetry-Paula&lowbar;Green&lowbar;300x225&period;jpg" alt&equals;"SND08-wk3-News-Poetry-Paula Green 300x225" style&equals;"margin&colon; 5px&semi; float&colon; right&semi;" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"225" &sol;>Well-known poet Paula Green is on A Hot Spot Poetry Tour of New Zealand in October and November to mark the publication of A Treasury of NZ Poems for Children&period; She is touring the country to celebrate poetry by and for children in New Zealand&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p> <&excl;--more--> <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Treasury includes poems by more than 20 New Zealand children&period; Paula ran A First Fabulous Poetry Competition nationwide and&comma; together with Random House&comma; selected 21 poems from around 2000 entries&period; Most of these winning children will be reading their poems at events during the tour&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Hot Spot Poetry Tour is going to 11 towns and cities over the two months&comma; with events in places ranging from Te Papa&comma; Canterbury Museum&&num;8217&semi;s Bird Section and Puke Ariki in New Plymouth to beach poetry on the low-tide sand at Papamoa&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Each event involves a mix of local authors&comma; children and schools and at each place Paula has offered a number of free one-hour poetry performances to schools&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For each main event&comma; she is running a local poetry competition to find children to read a poem they have written on the topic &&num;8216&semi;My Place&period;&&num;8217&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>For more information on the tour&comma; visit <strong>nzpoetrybox&period;wordpress&period;com&nbsp&semi;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;