Coelho selects art he loves and accompanies the artwork with his own perfect words. Inspired by offerings from Vincent Van Gogh, David Hockney, Faith Ringgold, Rachel Whiteread, Yayoi Kusama and Theodore Rousseau, this is a diverse mix of wonderful creations.
Complemented by pages on the science of sleep by consultant art psychotherapist Mary Rose Brady we are reminded just how crucial bedtime is for our children, and this book serves as a great gateway to sleep. Accompanied by the incredible illustrations, become the perfect sleep facilitator.
Into the sleep tunnel we go, leaving the day behind us, these bedtime poems will help create the perfect environment to help your child sleep and dream. Zzzzzz.
Snuggle up and ease your child off to sleep reading Joseph Coelho's lullaby-like poems. Lyrical, calming and beautifully illustrated, these peaceful poems are a magical way to end the day.
Written by award-winning performance poet Joseph Coelho, Goodnight, Starry Night is a collection of 14 poems that takes readers on a gentle journey into dreamland. Each poem is inspired by a calming work of art, reproduced in the book alongside the heart-warming illustrations of Allison Colpoys.
The book takes its title from Van Gogh's painting The Starry Night, which inspired Coelho's evocative poem River Sky:
I gaze upon the starry night It twists into a river-sky my every breath, a swirling light I gaze upon the starry night.
It features poems inspired by David Hockney's Sleeping Dogs, Vivian Maier's Woman with Baby and Faith Ringgold's quilted artwork of Cassie Lightfoot flying against a night sky.
Joseph Coelho's lyrical poems calm the mind, relax the body and are soothing to the soul, and are guaranteed to inspire the sweetest of dreams.
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.
Originally from London, he now lives by the sea in Kent.
