Luna Loves Gardening | Fiona Lumbers & Joseph Coelho
Sun 21 Apr 2024 | 10:00am - 11:00am
The award-winning Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho presents the next book in the ‘Luna Loves’ series, alongside illustrator Fiona Lumbers. Luna is wowed by her local community garden, there are squashes and runner beans, potatoes and tomatoes and even an apple tree. Each plant hides a story. Grandpa and Nana show her the Callaloo their family grew in Jamaica. It’s time for Luna to discover a new story as they all discover their connection to the entire world.
Suitable for Ages 3+
Children must be accompanied by an adult, tickets are required for adults & children.
Venue: Palmerston Room at St Johns
Duration: 1 hour
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Author Biography
Joseph Coelho, Children’s Laureate for 2022-2024, is a performance poet, children’s author, playwright and winner of the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education Poetry Award 2015 for his debut poetry collection Werewolf Club Rules. 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 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.
