Joseph Coelho is an award winning poet and performer from London, although he now lives by the sea. In 2019 he won the Independent Bookshop Week Picture Book Award for If All the World Were. He has been long-listed for The Carnegie Children's Award with his poetry collection 'Overheard In A Tower Block', which was also shortlisted for the CLPE CLiPPA Poetry Award and Longlisted for the UKLA Book Awards. He won the 2015 CLPE CLiPPA Poetry Award with his debut poetry collection Werewolf Club Rules. His debut Picture Book, Luna Loves Library Day was voted one of the nations favourite picture books by a survey led by World Book Day. His other poetry books include How To Write Poems and A Year Of Nature Poems .
He has written plays for companies including: Soho Theatre, Polka Theatre, The Unicorn Theatre, Theatre Royal York, Oily Cart and The Spark Children's Festival to name a few.
Joseph has been a guest poet on Cbeebies Rhyme Rocket, Radio 4's Poetry Playtime and Front Row. He is the presenter of BBC's Teach Poetry (Oct 2018) and features in DiscoveryEDUK's Poetry Curriculum
Daniel Gray-Barnett is an Australian illustrator and author based in Tasmania. He has illustrated 5 books for children, including the award winning debut, Grandma Z. His illustrations have been commissioned by clients such as The New York Times, Sydney Opera House, The Boston Globe, The New Yorker, Warner Music, and The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia. His work has been shown internationally and has been awarded by the Society of Illustrators NY, Communication Arts and 3x3 magazine.
Joseph Coelho is an award winning poet and performer from London, although he now lives by the sea. In 2019 he won the Independent Bookshop Week Picture Book Award for If All the World Were. He has been long-listed for The Carnegie Children's Award with his poetry collection 'Overheard In A Tower Block', which was also shortlisted for the CLPE CLiPPA Poetry Award and Longlisted for the UKLA Book Awards. He won the 2015 CLPE CLiPPA Poetry Award with his debut poetry collection Werewolf Club Rules. His debut Picture Book, Luna Loves Library Day was voted one of the nations favourite picture books by a survey led by World Book Day. His other poetry books include How To Write Poems and A Year Of Nature Poems .
He has written plays for companies including: Soho Theatre, Polka Theatre, The Unicorn Theatre, Theatre Royal York, Oily Cart and The Spark Children's Festival to name a few.
Joseph has been a guest poet on Cbeebies Rhyme Rocket, Radio 4's Poetry Playtime and Front Row. He is the presenter of BBC's Teach Poetry (Oct 2018) and features in DiscoveryEDUK's Poetry Curriculum
Daniel Gray-Barnett is an Australian illustrator and author based in Tasmania. He has illustrated 5 books for children, including the award winning debut, Grandma Z. His illustrations have been commissioned by clients such as The New York Times, Sydney Opera House, The Boston Globe, The New Yorker, Warner Music, and The Museum of Contemporary Art Australia. His work has been shown internationally and has been awarded by the Society of Illustrators NY, Communication Arts and 3x3 magazine.
Joseph Coelho is an award winning poet and performer from London,
although he now lives by the sea. In 2019 he won the Independent
Bookshop Week Picture Book Award for If All the World Were. He has
been long-listed for The Carnegie Childrens Award with his poetry
collection Overheard In A Tower Block, which was also shortlisted
for the CLPE CLiPPA Poetry Award and Longlisted for the UKLA Book
Awards. He won the 2015 CLPE CLiPPA Poetry Award with his debut
poetry collection Werewolf Club Rules. His debut Picture Book, Luna
Loves Library Day was voted one of the nations favourite picture
books by a survey led by World Book Day. His other poetry books
include How To Write Poems and A Year Of Nature Poems . He has
written plays for companies including: Soho Theatre, Polka Theatre,
The Unicorn Theatre, Theatre Royal York, Oily Cart and The Spark
Childrens Festival to name a few. Joseph has been a guest poet on
Cbeebies Rhyme Rocket, Radio 4s Poetry Playtime and Front Row. He
is the presenter of BBCs Teach Poetry (Oct 2018) and features in
DiscoveryEDUKs Poetry Curriculum.
Daniel Gray-Barnett is an Australian illustrator and author based
in Tasmania. He has illustrated 4 books for children, including the
award winning debut, Grandma Z. His illustrations have been
commissioned by clients such as The New York Times, Sydney Opera
House, The Boston Globe, The New Yorker, Warner Music, and The
Museum of Contemporary Art Australia. His work has been shown
internationally and has been awarded by the Society of Illustrators
NY, Communication Arts and 3x3 magazine.
‘Discover clever ways to perform poetry with confidence in a
collection of 20 of Coelho’s original poems, all designed to be
read aloud. Now in paperback.’
*The Bookseller*
‘If anyone is going to convince a child that poetry is
cool, it’s award-winning children’s author, playwright
and performance poet Joseph Coelho. […] If you want to show your
children how fun poetry can be, this book is the one for you.’
*The Independent*
“It’s a book made to be performed and read out loud. It’s a
book to connect children with the music of their voice. It’s
a book to be treasured forever.”
*Mini Travellers*
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