JOSEPH COELHO is the Waterstones Children's Laureate 2022-2024. In
2019 he won the Independent Bookshop Week Picture Book Award for If
All the World Were which has been translated into over 10
languages. 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
Amanda Quartey is an illustrator based in the UK. At the age of 14
she moved to Ghana and studied art, and later returned to the UK to
study Graphic Design. She has worked on a variety of published
projects.
'Discover 50 ways to write and perform a poem with Childrens Laureate Joseph Coelho. A great resource for both home and in the classroom with illustrations from four artists.' - The Bookseller - Back to School
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