Joseph Coelho's debut poetry collection Werewolf Club Rules won the CLPE CLiPPA Poetry Award 2015. His poetry collection Overheard in a Tower Block was shortlisted for the CLiPPA and longlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal. His verse novel The Girl Who Became a Tree was shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal in 2021. Joseph was the Waterstones Children's Laureate 2022-24. The Boy Lost in the Maze won the Yoto Carnegie 2024 Medal for Writing. Joseph was awarded an OBE in 2024 and was nominated for the prestigious Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2025. He lives just outside Edinburgh. Shirley Hottier was winner of the FAB illustration award in 2021. Shirley specialises in digital art, incorporating a rich palette of vivid colours and varied textures. She is illustrator of The Poetry World of John Agard (2025). Shirley lives in Edinburgh.

"This new primary-age poetry collection from the former Children’s Laureate shares poems to fire the imagination and help you find your own special place."

Joseph Coelho's debut poetry collection Werewolf Club Rules won the CLPE CLiPPA Poetry Award 2015. His poetry collection Overheard in a Tower Block was shortlisted for the CLiPPA and longlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal. His verse novel The Girl Who Became a Tree was shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal in 2021. Joseph was the Waterstones Children's Laureate 2022-24. The Boy Lost in the Maze won the Yoto Carnegie 2024 Medal for Writing. Joseph was awarded an OBE in 2024 and was nominated for the prestigious Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2025. He lives just outside Edinburgh. Shirley Hottier was winner of the FAB illustration award in 2021. Shirley specialises in digital art, incorporating a rich palette of vivid colours and varied textures. She is illustrator of The Poetry World of John Agard (2025). Shirley lives in Edinburgh.

"This new primary-age poetry collection from the former Children’s Laureate shares poems to fire the imagination and help you find your own special place."

Joseph Coelho's debut poetry collection Werewolf Club Rules won the CLPE CLiPPA Poetry Award 2015. His poetry collection Overheard in a Tower Block was shortlisted for the CLiPPA and longlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal. His verse novel The Girl Who Became a Tree was shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal in 2021. Joseph was the Waterstones Children's Laureate 2022-24. The Boy Lost in the Maze won the Yoto Carnegie 2024 Medal for Writing. Joseph was awarded an OBE in 2024 and was nominated for the prestigious Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2025. He lives just outside Edinburgh. Shirley Hottier was winner of the FAB illustration award in 2021. Shirley specialises in digital art, incorporating a rich palette of vivid colours and varied textures. She is illustrator of The Poetry World of John Agard (2025). Shirley lives in Edinburgh.

"This new primary-age poetry collection from the former Children’s Laureate shares poems to fire the imagination and help you find your own special place."