Meet Skig, who's meant to be a warrior (but is really more of a worrier). Meet a giddy comet, skidding across the sky with her tail on fire. Put a marvellous new machine in your pocket and maybe you'll be able to fix all your life's problems.

Kate Wakeling's first book of poems for children is full of curious characters and strange situations. The poems she writes are always musical, sometimes magical, and full of wonder at the weirdness of the world.

Moon Juice contains 25 poems and features bonus materials, including interviews with the author and the illustrator, and ideas for writing your own poems.

About the Author
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. Elina Braslina 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 Abele (Golden Apple Tree) National Prize for Book Art twice. She was awarded the International Janis Baltvilks Prize in 2017. You can visit Elina's website and see more of her illustrations here: www.elinabraslina.com

Reviews

There's a focussed precision in much of Kate's writing that turns many of her poems into sharp injections of humour or close observation. Her words are gently juxtaposed with black and white illustrations by the Latvian artist Elina Braslina. 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

Awards
Winner of CLiPPA Poetry Award 2017.



Book Information
ISBN 9781910139493
Author Kate Wakeling
Format Paperback
Page Count 96
Imprint The Emma Press
Publisher The Emma Press