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Joseph Coelho (Author) Joseph Coelho OBE, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and Children's Laureate for 2022-2024, is a performance poet, children’s author, playwright and winner of the Yoto Carnegie Award, an Indie Book Award and a Centre for Literacy in Primary Education Poetry Award. Joe has written plays for the Polka Theatre, Soho Theatre and the Unicorn Theatre and 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 also been a guest poet on Cbeebies’ Rhyme Rocket.Fiona Lumbers (Illustrator) Fiona Lumbers has drawn on anything and everything from an early age and always insisted she would be an artist when she grew up. Fiona moved to London in 2000 to study for an MA in Painting at the Royal College of Art. A combination of her obsession with picture books and the arrival of her first son led her down the path of illustration and she hasn't looked back since. Nothing makes her happier than splashing watercolours and inks and conjuring up new characters - often influenced by the exploits of her two sons.
"""An upbeat and positive story that feels warm and offers a much-needed depiction of different people’s realities during the festive period, Luna Loves has Christmas spirit in spades and is one we’ll be reaching for many years to come"" * Independent, Best Christmas Book for Kids 2023 * ""A story full of warmth and generosity"" * The Sunday Times * ""Beautifully illustrated... you can't help but read it and feel very warm inside"" * BBC Radio 4 Front Row * ""Its very rare to see a non-fractured relationship between parents who are sharing custody of a child over Christmas… a gorgeous, warm feeling around Christmas"" * RTE Radio 1 ‘Today’, Best Books for Christmas 2023 * ""a gorgeous tale with a message about the importance of community at Christmas"" * Good Housekeeping *"
