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A Julia Eccleshare Pick of the Month May 2024
Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho’s charming collection of ‘First Little Rhymes’ is a beautifully produced in this board book edition that is just perfect for the very youngest readers.
Joseph Coelho’s choice of subjects such as ‘Shopping Adventure’, ‘Weather’, ‘Pigeons’ and ‘The Whoosing Wind’ offer a poetic and uplifting take on some of the everyday experiences of toddlers. Nicola Killen’s colourful illustrations bring them to life perfectly.
Julia Eccleshare M.B.E
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First Little Rhymes: Out and About Synopsis
Award-winning poet and Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho presents a delightful collection of short poems on going out and about in the world to share with young babies and toddlers, with beautiful illustrations, in a chunky board book format.
With 10 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.
With diverse characters throughout, every family will recognise themselves in this beautiful and colourful collection.
About This Edition
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9781839133794 |
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2nd May 2024 |
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Joseph Coelho |
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Nicola Killen |
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Andersen Press Ltd |
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Board book |
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16 pages |
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First Little Rhymes |
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Joseph Coelho Press Reviews
Praise for Blow a Kiss, Catch a Kiss:
‘A delightful selection of interactive poems for toddlers... illustrated with a multitude of gorgeous children by Killen’ - The Bookseller, Editor's Choice
About Joseph Coelho
Joseph Coelho is the Waterstones Children’s Laureate 2022-2024, and an award-winning poet, playwright and writer. His first poetry collection, Werewolf Club Rules!, won the CLPE Children's Poetry Award in 2015, and he has been writing and performing ever since. His picture books include If All the World Were... illustrated by Allison Colpoys and Luna Loves Library Day illustrated by Fiona Lumbers. His poetry books for children include Overheard in a Tower Block illustrated by Kate Milner and A Year of Nature Poems illustrated by Kelly Louise Judd.
His ‘Story told in poems’, for age 12+, The Girl Who Became A Tree, was shortlisted for The 2021 Carnegie Medal and received a special mention from the Bologna Ragazzi Award 2021. His YA verse novel, The Boy Lost in the Maze, is longlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Award for Writing 2024, has been chosen as an outstanding international book for The White Ravens collection 2023 and has also been nominated as an IBBY Honour Book for 2024.
He has written plays for the Polka Theatre, the Lyric, Hammersmith, and the Unicorn Theatre. He creates dynamic poetry theatre pieces for young people that he tours nationally. He also performs with the UK's top performance poetry organisation, Apples and Snakes, visiting venues across the UK. Joseph has been a guest poet in Cbeebies' Rhyme Rocket.
Originally from London, he now lives by the sea in Kent.
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