Former children's laureate Michael Rosen helped primary pupils come up with their own poems during a visit to Buxton School, this afternoon (September 15).
The author also gave a poetry reading and along with students helped bring his book Bear Hunt to life during a live performance.
A children's laureate is a position awarded in the United Kingdom once every two years to a "writer or illustrator of children's books to celebrate outstanding achievement in their field."
Youngsters from the Leytonstone school came up with their own riddles after a poetry workshop from Mr Rosen, who was the laureate from 2007 until 2009.
Mr Rosen, who has been giving talks to school children since 1974, hopes he can help inspire the next generation of writers.
He said: "I get emails and messages all the time from people who said I had helped inspire a love of literature when I visited their school.
"They may not be writers but may have had a spark ignited in them that help develop a live of writing and literature.
"That is what I hope i am able to do here. The pupils here are very bright and engaged. They understood completely that poetry is a way of looking at the world in a different way - with all its strangeness and oddity."
Pupil Imogen Wheeler, 10, from Leytonstone said: "My favourite bit was the poetry reading during assembly. He was saying how he was born in the stone age. It was really fun.
"I never thought about poetry in that way but now I want to write my own poems.
Pupil Emmanuel Owusu, 10, from Leytonstone said: "He mixed up words like concentrate as in the fruit juice and concentrate as in thinking hard. He made it fun to think about words and poems and writing stories.
Primary Literacy Manager at Buxton, Emma Humm, organised the visit.
She said: "We want to inspire a love of literature in children - Michael is perfect for that. He has a wonderful way of connecting with and engaging young people
"At Buxton we know how important it is that children are inspired to develop a love of literature, of writing and engaging with different ideas."
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