Joseph Coelho 
Poems Aloud 
An anthology of poems to read out loud

In this fantastic collection, Waterstones Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho shows us that poems are made to read OUT LOUD!



In this
wittily illustrated anthology of poems,
designed to be read aloud, twenty poems
  arm children with techniques for lifting poetry off the page and
performing with confidence.



Perfect for confident children and shy readers alike, this book teaches all sorts of clever ways to performing poetry. Children will learn 20 techniques for reading aloud by trying out
20 funny and thoughtful original poems by the much-loved and award-winning performance poet, Joseph Coelho .



There are tongue twisters, poems to project, poems to whisper, poems to make you laugh. There are poems to perform to a whole class and others to whisper in somebody’s ear.
Richly textured, warm and stylish illustration by Daniel Gray-Barnett bring each page to life.




‘Poetry for children is dead. Really? Not when there are young poets like Joseph Coelho’ —Books for Keeps

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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 CLi PPA Poetry Award and Longlisted for the UKLA Book Awards. He won the 2015 CLPE CLi PPA 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 Discovery EDUK’s Poetry Curriculum.