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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
Luna Loves Library Day
A Year of Nature Poems
The Hairdo That Got Away
Thank You
Luna Loves Art
Luna Loves World Book Day
Poems Aloud
Werewolf Club Rules!
Luna Loves Dance
My Beautiful Voice
Luna Loves Books
Our Tower
Smile Out Loud
Blow a Kiss, Catch a Kiss
Poetry Prompts
One Little Word
Courage Out Loud
First Little Rhymes: Out and About
Luna Loves Christmas
The Christmas Tree Mouse
Poetry Play Kit
Children of the Throne
First Little Rhymes: All About Me
Luna Loves Gardening
All Poems Aloud: World Book Day 2025
Spooky Poems Aloud
If All the World Were…
2 months to go until Joseph Coelho will be releasing Spooky Poems Aloud illustrated by Daniel Gray-Barnett. Published by Wide Eyed Editions.
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2 months to go until Joseph Coelho will be releasing Children of the Throne illustrated by Richard Johnson. Published by Frances Lincoln Children's Books.
Tomorrow is the longest day of the year. Read about time in Luna Loves Gardening by Joseph Coelho from Andersen
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A book to get creative with Luna Loves Art by Joseph Coelho from Andersen
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A book to get creative with Luna Loves Dance by Joseph Coelho from Andersen
A book to get creative with Luna Loves Gardening by Joseph Coelho from Andersen
Dance along with Luna Loves Dance by Joseph Coelho from Andersen
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