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SMILE OUT LOUD

25 Happy Poems

 Authored by Joseph Coelho

Illustrated by Daniel Gray-Barnett

Specs

*  Ages:  5+

* Grade Level:  PS+

* Hardcover:  40 pages

* Publisher:  Wide Eyed Editions

* Pub. Date:  May 10, 2022

* ISBN-13:  9780711271814

* Language:  English

Editorial Reviews 

"Bring[s] an amusing spice to story times."-Lisa Bosarge, School Library Journal

“Twenty-five happy poems to build emotional resilience and foster confidence, in a brand new collection from Coelho.”
 ―The Bookseller

"A book of 25 poems designed to help children build their confidence reading poems aloud and expressing and manifesting happiness and joy."―The Bookseller

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The Book

This book is a winner all round!  The poems are upbeat, funny,  and sometimes silly with an interactive component.  I loved Shel Silverstein's poems so much and now I can transfer that admiration onto the talented poet Joseph Coelho since sadly Shel is no longer with us. 

This collection of joyous poems are meant to be read out loud for optimum enjoyment.  I guarantee smiles, chuckles and boisterous laughter will be generated as they are voiced.  The poems were created to conjure up happiness and cheer others up too.  

Another mission of the book is to build confidence in kids when reading aloud.  Its playful language and related suggested activities will enrich the love of words and the skills associated with reading.  The intended audience can be whomever needs some merriment infused into their lives.  Come on now... we all need a good laugh and some goofiness don't we?  I know I do.

The poems are presented in a variety of rhyming venues and incorporate special writing styles such as Zeugma and spoonerism.  Kid-friendly, bright and colourful illustrations add to the magic that is produced as the poems are read ( and performed ) by the reader or receiver of the verses.  

I love each of the 25 poems presented and I am sure kids will too.  "Smile Out Loud: An Anthology of Happy Poems" will also be a perfect addition to a classroom shelf and in an elementary school library.  I love it and I highly recommend it!  Rhyme on...........

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Why is a smile priceless? 

The value of a smile is priceless, yet it is the cheapest, easiest, and most rewarding and most sincere gift to anyone that crosses your path. A smile makes a person's day, anybody's day, even a stranger's day.  A smile is infectious.  Start injecting people with your smile today.  

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Meet the Author

Joseph Coelho is an award winning poet and performer from London, although he now lives by the sea. In 2019 he won the Independent Bookshop Week Picture Book Award for If All the World Were which has been translated into 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

About the Illustrator

Daniel Gray-Barnett is an award-winning illustrator and author who lives in the Huon Valley in Tasmania with his husband, german shorthaired pointers and chickens.

Self-taught, he studied Medical Science at the University of Sydney before swapping his microscope for pencils when he realised illustration had a much lower patient mortality rate. He works across a range of projects with clients in advertising, editorial and publishing.

His book Grandma Z won the Children’s Book Council of Australia award for Best New Illustrator. It was also featured in the Society of Illustrators’ Original Art and annual shows and was chosen by the International Youth Library as one of 2019’s White Ravens.

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