Courage Out Loud: 25 Poems of Power

Fear is a hugely debilitating force in the world. In this book of twenty-five poems, written by the Waterstones Children's Laureate for 2022-2024, Joseph Coelho encourages children to take action against fear, to act with courage—to dare to jump from the diving board, to say no sometimes, to dare to be a friend, to stand up when you fall and try again, to apologize, to cry when you need to, and to write stories and poems of your own. Coelho writes a lot of different types of poems—pantoums and limericks and ballads and more—and he encourages his children readers to try these, too. This is a fabulous collection for all of us who would like to face and overcome our fears in the world.