LoveReading4Kids Says
LoveReading4Kids Says
A power collection of 50 poems from 10 debut poets, put together by the 2022-24 Children’s Laureate, Joseph Coelho. Working in collaboration with spoken word champions, Apples & Snakes, Coelho has selected 10 exciting and fresh poets from diverse and under- represented backgrounds, to create a unique and original anthology.
The range of topics covered, and poetry styles utilised is impressive. From video-games to racist bullying, giant snowmen to ableism, Spin! takes us on a journey through many different perspectives and experiences whilst maintaining a sense of unity.
The sometimes simple, always evocative poems shine with authenticity and attention to details. Dealing with big and small issues; there are moments of huge joy, small embarrassments, and poignant reflection. A personal favourite was ‘Nana Hijinks Assembly’, for its outright joy and the clever way it kindly looks at the self-consciousness of youth.
There are poems full of nuance, sensory poems to make your mouth water, and many poems that celebrate family, community, and heritage. All have a lot to say, whilst remaining impressively accessible to young readers. This is a collection that can be enjoyed independently or shared with others, in fact many of the poems included will be a gift to those planning school assemblies. A welcome addition to any poetry collection.
Amy McKay
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Spin! 10 Exciting New Voices in Poetry Synopsis
Working with Apples & Snakes, the "Spoken Word Trailblazers", Britain's Children's Laureate has chosen poems from ten debut poets, all from diverse/under-represented backgrounds.
Selected for their qualities of originality, expression and style, they represent the best of a new generation of gifted young poets writing for children and young people. These are poems intended to be read aloud and shared.
Themes range from video gaming to ice skating and football, hair, holidays, sisterhood, generational memories, friendship, the sense of self, personal experiences, music, and family life. Fifty poems here open windows on a new generation's thoughts, dreams and desires, and on an exciting new wave of poetic talent.
The poets are Anneliese Amoah, Antoinette Brooks, Sadatu Futa, Eileen Gbagbo, Shagufta K. Iqbal, Gayathiri Kamalakanthan, Rowan Kiffin-Murray, Jay Sandhu, Ioney Smallhorne, and Jasmin Thien.
Three new poems by Joseph Coelho are also included.
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9781915659187 |
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7th March 2024 |
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Joseph Coelho |
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Ruthine Burton |
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Otter-Barry Books Ltd |
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Paperback |
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128 pages |
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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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