Moon Juice by Kate Wakeling

Moon Juice by Kate Wakeling

A collection of poems for children, fully illustrated.

There’s a focussed precision in much of Kate’s writing that turns many of her poems into sharp injections of humour or close observationHer words are gently juxtaposed with black and white illustrations by the Latvian artist Elīna Brasliņa. Expressive, playful and good at making you re-read the poem to see another of its strands, they play an important role in making this book appealing and approachable.

Playing by the Book

-- Zoe Toft

A collection of poems by a new voice writing for children is an event to be celebrated. Moon Juice by the poet, Kate Wakeling is just such an event. However, these are not poems created to grab the attention with the quick laugh and a lot of noise; these are poems to seduce, to attract because they reflect the imagination of the young reader.

Ferelith Hordon, Books for Keeps

Kate Wakeling is a poet and musicologist. Her debut poetry collection for children, Moon Juice, won the CLiPPA in 2017 and was nominated for the Carnegie Medal. Her second collection, Cloud Soup, was shortlisted for the CLiPPA in 2022 and named a book of the month in the Guardian and the Scotsman. A pamphlet of Kate’s poetry for adults, The Rainbow Faults, is published by The Rialto. Kate studied music at Cambridge University and holds a PhD in Balinese gamelan music from SOAS. Elīna Brasliņa studied Printmaking and Graphic Arts at the Art Academy of Latvia. Since 2014 she has illustrated more than twenty titles, including Moon Juice by Kate Wakeling, which was her international debut. She has been nominated for numerous awards in Latvia, and has won the Zelta Ābele (Golden Apple Tree) National Prize for Book Art twice. She was awarded the International Jānis Baltvilks Prize in 2017. You can visit Elīna’s website and see more of her illustrations here: www.elinabraslina.com

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781910139493
ISBN 10	1910139491
Title	Moon Juice
Author	Kate Wakeling
Series	The Emma Press Children's Poetry Books
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	The Emma Press
Year published	2016-09-06
Number of pages	96
Prizes	Winner of CLiPPA Poetry Award 2017
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.