Age guideline 4-7, 7-11
About the event
Join in with multi-award winning children’s author and poet Joseph Coelho as he teaches us how to perform some tongue twisters from Poems Aloud and challenges you to guess the riddles he reads!
As well as poems, Joseph LOVES libraries! He always has, ever since he was a child taking part in the excitement of the Summer Reading Challenge, seeking out the poetry section. Lots of his books and poems feature libraries, like his new Fairy Tales Gone Bad series. Joseph reads the spooky opening of Zombierella as a librarian discovers a shelf of fairy tales with some strange new titles...
And if that wasn’t enough, Joseph tells us about his challenge to join a library in all 209 library authorities in the UK. Imagine all those library cards!
How to access the event
Listen to the event on SoundCloud here.
Teacher resources
There are activities, videos and poetry readings on Joseph Coelho’s website as well as updates on Joseph’s library marathon across the UK: https://www.thepoetryofjosephcoelho.com/
About the author
Joseph Coelho is a multi-award winning children’s author and poet. His debut children's collection "Werewolf Club Rules" is published by Frances Lincoln and was the winner of the CLPE CLiPPA Poetry Award. His Collection for older readers, Overheard In A Tower Block went appeared on numerous long and short-listings for various awards including the Carnegie Medal. His picture book If All The World Were… illustrated by Allison Colpoys won the Independent Bookshop Week, Book Award. He wrote and presented Teach Poetry - a 10-part BBC online series that aims to make the writing of poetry fun and accessible to all.
Twitter: @JosephACoelho
Instagram: @JosephCoelhoAuthor
About the festival partner
This event has been programmed by Bath Children’s Literature Festival
Bath Festivals is a charity that brings you the Bath Children’s Literature Festival, Europe’s largest dedicated children’s literature festival with a vibrant array of talks and activities for children. They are also responsible for The Bath Festival in the summer which bring the city alive with a celebration of music and books in the beautiful venues and spaces of the world heritage city. By creating innovative and diverse programmes, their festivals inspire and provide unique experiences for residents and visitors to Bath and surrounding areas. Their year-round creative learning programme of hands-on music and literature projects gives children and young people opportunities to gain real-world experience, building their inner confidence and improving communication skills through the arts.