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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
Werewolf Club Rules!
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
Luna Loves Dance
My Beautiful Voice
Luna Loves Books
If All the World Were…
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
Children of the Throne
Poetry Play Kit
First Little Rhymes: All About Me
Luna Loves Gardening
All Poems Aloud: World Book Day 2025
Spooky Poems Aloud
1 month to go until Joseph Coelho will be releasing All Poems Aloud: World Book Day 2025 illustrated by Daniel Gray-Barnett. Published by Wide Eyed Editions.
6 days ago
With detectives taking over on the television, why not start them young with Luna Loves Library Day a great mystery read! By Joseph Coelho from Andersen Digital
11 days ago
With detectives taking over on the television, why not start them young with Luna Loves Library Day a great mystery read! By Joseph Coelho from Andersen
Learn everything you can about plants in this brilliant book Luna Loves Gardening by Joseph Coelho from Andersen
12 days ago
2 months to go until Joseph Coelho will be releasing All Poems Aloud: World Book Day 2025 illustrated by Daniel Gray-Barnett. Published by Wide Eyed Editions.
13 days ago
2 months to go until Joseph Coelho will be releasing Luna Loves Gardening illustrated by Fiona Lumbers. Published by Andersen.
Are you going to go in for a dip today? Luna Loves Christmas by Joseph Coelho from Andersen is all about swimming!
28 days ago
Are you going to go in for a dip today? The Christmas Tree Mouse by Joseph Coelho from Puffin is all about swimming!
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