Smile Out Loud (25 Happy Poems)

By (author) Coelho Joseph; Illustrated by Gray-Barnett, Daniel
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“Twenty-five happy poems to build emotional resilience and foster confidence, in a brand new collection from Coelho.”
 
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"A book of 25 poems designed to help children build their confidence reading poems aloud and expressing and manifesting happiness and joy."
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“The subjects covered are perfect for children, and the bright, lively illustrations make every page sing.” 
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”Nothing but a huge cheesy grin in book form, this vibrant and joyful celebration of poetry is just the tonic we need. Bursting with tongue tingling rhymes and riddles, readers will be in stitches as they delight in sharing Joseph’s spectacular wordsmithery.”
Biographical note

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

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.