Joseph Coelho

Discover the joy of dancing and the importance of family, whatever your culture, ability, or style with Luna, by award-winning Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho, the third book in the Luna Loves... series. When Luna dances, she feels like the world’s volume turns up, like all colours brighten, like sunlight sparkles behind every cloud. But when she takes her dance exam...

Meet Christmas Tree Mouse - Santa's tiniest helper and the loveable hero of this charming new festive picture book adventure from Waterstones Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho. 'Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, save... CHRISTMAS TREE MOUSE! And she's on an important mission. A mission to help Santa! Every Christmas Eve, this...

Tatenda says 'Thank you' every day, whenever he can. 'Thank you' to Mum for making his breakfast, 'Thank you' to the post lady who delivers the letters, 'Thank you' to his teacher and 'Thank you' to the shop assistant. But lately it seems that everyone's heads are too foggy with worry to hear him. So Tatenda says an extra-big, extra-special...

From Children's Laureate (2022-2024), Joseph Coelho, comes a giggling and ghoulish compendium of 25 spooky poems to perform. With a delightful blend of giggles and ghouls, this collection is designed for young readers and budding performers. Within these pages, you'll discover poems that can be recited loudly, softly, or in a ghostly whisper, offering a diverse range of performances. Some...

A compendium of poetry prompts from Joseph Coelho (Children's Laureate 2022-2024). Each fun and engaging prompt for writing a poem helps children discover how to write poems and then read them out loud. This is a book to build confidence and literacy skills through channelling children's imaginations. This is a book for the whole family to enjoy. Bright, cheerful but...

Make poetry fun with Joseph Coelho, Children's Poet Laureate 2022-2024. This activity kit is packed with games and activities - discover all kinds of ways to start writing poems with Joseph Coelho. A compendium of literacy games and activities: Create endless poetic combinations with over 500 word cards! Spin the spinner for linguistic techniques and use the activity cards to...

This magical story follows three children living in a tower block, as they embark on a fantastical adventure which helps them see their home in a new light. A deeply personal story written by multi-award winning poet and Waterstones Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho, drawn from his own experience growing up in a tower block and looking for adventure. This story...

This magical story follows three children living in a tower block, as they embark on a fantastical adventure which helps them see their home in a new light. A deeply personal story written by the award-winning poet Joseph Coelho, drawn from his own experience growing up in a tower block and looking for adventure. This story is a celebration of,...

A beautiful and moving picture book from Waterstones Children's Laureate, Joseph Coelho, tells the story of how a big, hairy argument gets in between two best friends. The argument came from nowhere. It sat huge and bloated in the middle of the playground between me and my best friend. This big hairy monster appears out of the blue one day,...

A beautiful and moving picture book from Waterstones Children's Laureate, Joseph Coelho, One Little Word tells the story of how a big, hairy argument gets in between two best friends. "The argument came from nowhere. It sat huge and bloated in the middle of the playground between me and my best friend." This big hairy monster appears out of the...

A moving, lyrical picture book about a shy child unlocking the power of their own voice through poetry, with the helping hand of an extra special teacher. Written by poet and playwright Joseph Coelho. From the creators of If All The World Were, winner of the 2019 Independent Book Shop Picture Book Award, which has been translated into 13 languages....

Snuggle up and ease your child off to sleep reading Joseph Coelho's lullaby-like poems. Lyrical, calming and beautifully illustrated, these peaceful poems are a magical way to end the day. Written by award-winning performance poet Joseph Coelho, Goodnight, Starry Night is a collection of 14 poems that takes readers on a gentle journey into dreamland. Each poem is inspired by...

From the fantastic duo behind Poems Aloud and Smile Out Loud comes another compendium of 25 original confidence-building poems to read out loud, which will show children that their voice has FANTASTIC power. From multi-award-winning poet and Waterstones Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho, comes 25 more brilliant, sparkling, and truly original poems for children. These poems are specially written to help...

From Waterstones Children's Laureate 2022-2024, Joseph Coelho, comes this gentle, poetic story about climate change, working together, building communities and living in tune with nature. On the hottest day of the year, three children watch from their tower block windows as golden leaves drift down to the baking pavement. The trees, tricked by the unseasonal heat, think autumn has arrived....

From former Waterstones Children's Laureate and winner of the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing, Joseph Coelho, comes a compendium featuring twenty brilliantly illustrated tiny tales, each only ten words long! Invite me in, she says, outside my tenth storey window... Is it possible to spin a tale using just ten words? It most certainly is! In this unique and magnificent...

Relic Hamilton, Genie Hunter tells the story of Relic Hamilton, an average 12-year-old living a quiet life with his grandfather above their old antiques shop in Chinatown, London. One day, while polishing some mysterious brass lamps in the basement, something extraordinary happens. Relic feels spine-chillingly cold, breathless, scared. Suddenly, a real, live genie stands before him! But this is no...

The Girl Who Became a Tree is a powerful and mesmerising exploration of grief and renewal. The Girl Who Became a Tree sees Joseph Coelho deploy a wide variety of poetic forms with consummate skill in its narration of events. He seamlessly but searingly weaves together the ancient legend of Daphne, who was turned into a tree to avoid the...

Is it possible to spin a tale of love using just ten words? It most certainly is! In this unique and magnificent compendium designed to spark the imagination, Joseph Coelho brings us cherished moments between siblings, worlds where nature blooms and heals, and touching tales of beloved pets... all in just ten words! Each tale has been paired with one...

From Joseph Coelho comes a compendium featuring twenty brilliantly illustrated tiny tales, each only ten words long! "Invite me in," she says, outside my tenth storey window... Is it possible to spin a tale using just ten words? It most certainly is! In this unique and magnificent compendium designed to spark the imagination, Joseph Coelho brings us stories of underwater...

A hopeful book about big emotions from the Waterstones Children’s Laureate, Joseph Coelho. Told through the voice of a little girl who is labelled as quiet and shy, No Longer Alone follows her tumult of emotions as she navigates the world around her. But when she finally shares her feelings and tells her Dad all the things that are worrying...

By award-winning Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho, the fifth book in the Luna Loves... series brings alive the art of gardening. Luna is wowed by her local community garden, where there are squashes and runner beans, potatoes and tomatoes, and even an apple tree. But each plant hides a story. Grandpa and Nana show her the Callaloo their family grew in...

From award-winning Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho, the fourth book in the Luna Loves... series celebrates separated families at Christmas, and the power of giving to bring people together. Luna loves Christmas. Sometimes at Mum’s, sometimes at Dad’s, she gets two trees, two dinners, two advent calendars to open... but this Christmas, Luna’s family are doing something different. They’re volunteering, and...

By award-winning Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho, a chunky board book special addition to the Luna Loves... series. Today is all about books, and Luna has the whole day planned... Dress up as her favourite book character: a unicorn! Meet an author and an illustrator for World Book Day. Buy a new book. But - disaster! - Luna the Unicorn’s costume...

A beautifully illustrated board book with selected poems by award-winning Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho. With poems and illustrations selected from Coelho and Killen's collection, Blow a Kiss, Catch a Kiss, this board book includes 10 charming poems all about a little one's outside world, and the things they might see and experience going out and about in it. Praise for...

A subversive, funny – and deliciously prickly! – tale for the young reader looking for a book with bite. Eshe and her twelve sisters are Fairy Godmothers, honoured for the incredible gifts they can bestow. But Eshe's special abilities are a little different – she can glimpse into the future! And, one day, Eshe foresees something terrifying: a world blanketed...

A missing budgie inspires an unlikely friendship between a young boy and his elderly neighbour in this touching Little Gem from award-winner and Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho. Mr Buxton is always having a go at Miles and his friends for climbing the trees outside their tower block. Miles thinks he’s just a grumpy old man, but when he finds a...

A powerful and moving collection of poems written by soldiers and civilians who have experienced different conflicts around the world and throughout history. Each poem is followed by a biography of the poet, detailing their relationship to conflict and the background of the war that is the subject of each poem. Dating back as far as ancient conflicts like the...

A spellbinding novel told in poems, blending the ancient legend of the Minotaur with the quest of a modern-day teenage boy to find his biological father by the new UK Children's Laureate. In his new verse novel, Joseph Coelho brilliantly blends Greek myth with a 21st-century quest. In Ancient Greece, Theseus makes a dangerous and courageous journey to find his...

Every week Luna looks forward to one special day – the day when she discovers magic among the library shelves; the day she gets to spend with her dad. Exploring the books, Luna and her dad find magic, mystery, and even start to mend their own history. An inspiring story from one of the UK's greatest up-and-coming award-winning poets for...

By award-winning Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho, the fifth book in the Luna Loves... series brings alive the art of gardening. Luna is wowed by her local community garden, where there are squashes and runner beans, potatoes and tomatoes, and even an apple tree. But each plant hides a story. Grandpa and Nana show her the Callaloo their family grew in...

Poems Aloud are made to be read OUT LOUD! This wittily illustrated anthology of poems is designed to be read aloud. Featuring twenty poems by the award-winning Joseph Coelho, it equips children with techniques for lifting poetry off the page and performing with confidence. Perfect for both confident children and shy readers alike, this book teaches all sorts of clever...

Do not talk about Werewolf Club!You can howl about itBut never talk.Do not walk to Werewolf Club!You can bound to it in moonlightBut never walk.Find out the mysterious rules of Werewolf Club, how to look like a rainbow, what happens when puppies fall in love and how to fold up your gran! This is an exciting debut poetry collection from...

A moving, lyrical picture book about a young girl's love for her granddad and how she copes when he dies, written by poet and playwright Joseph Coelho. This beautifully illustrated, powerful, and ultimately uplifting text is the ideal way to introduce children to the concept of death and dying, particularly children who have lost a grandparent. If All the World...

Genies grant wishes! That’s all anyone ever cares about. They forget that genies were imprisoned in those lamps for a reason… Praise for Book 1: "A witty, fast-paced adventure from the children’s laureate." Guardian From the former UK Children's Laureate, winner of the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing and author of the Fairytales Gone Bad series, comes the second instalment...

A moving, lyrical picture book about a shy child unlocking the power of her own voice through poetry, with the helping hand of an extra special teacher, written by poet and playwright Joseph Coelho. From the creators of If All The World Were, winner of the 2019 Independent Book Shop Picture Book Award which has been translated into 13 languages,...

By award-winning Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho, the sixth book in the Luna Loves... series celebrates the wonderful world of sport.With her lucky trainers, headband, and water bottle, Luna is ready for her school sports day. Luna doesn’t think she’s very good at sports, but she decides to give everything a go. From football and basketball to swimming and hurdles, Luna...

From the fantastic duo behind Poems Aloud and Smile Out Loud comes another compendium of 25 original confidence-building poems to read out loud which will show children that their voice has FANTASTIC power. From multi-award-winning poet and Waterstones Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho comes 25 more brilliant, sparkling, and truly original poems for children, specially written to help build confidence, develop...

A beautifully illustrated anthology of forty-four short poems by award-winning Waterstones Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho, designed to be shared together. Blow a Kiss, Catch a Kiss when we are apart. Blow a kiss, catch a kiss put it in your heart. From Eye Caterpillars to The Journey Game, and from Dancing Families to Dreamtime, this collection of fun and heart-warming...

The first in a funny, deliciously dark, three-part series of twisted classics, written in verse by former Waterstones Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho and illustrated by Freya Hartas. "Such a fun story with excellent illustrations ... with enough familiarity to feel known but with enough difference to make it quirky and original" — Malorie Blackman A yellow moon hangs in a...