Awards

• Short-listed for NSTBA21 poetry award 2021 (UK)
• Winner of North Somerset Teachers' Book Award - Poetry 2021 (UK)
• Winner of YorkMix Poetry Prize for Children 2019

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A really lovely addition to a class poetry collection. * Reading Zone * A delight - lively, original and covering an eclectic range of subjects. * The Independent Best 10 Kids' Poetry Books * Fresh and accessible, there are shape poems, haiku, poems constructed for the sheer joy of hearing their words said aloud...a wonderful book. * Red Reading Hub * An outstanding new voice in children's poetry with her debut collection of varied, effervescent and thought-provoking poems. * Books Go Walkabout * What a brilliant debut collection of poetry... -- Jo Bowers * Associate Dean, Cardiff Metropolitan University * I predict this book will give laughter, thoughts, questions, comfort - and sow the seeds of a love for poetry in any young person who reads it or has it read to them. A must for every library, home and school. BIG recommendation. * Poetry Roundabout 5 star review * An effervescent debut collection. * Achuka Book of the Day *

I predict this book will give laughter, thoughts, questions, comfort - and sow the seeds of a love for poetry in any young person who reads it or has it read to them. A must for every library, home and school. BIG recommendation. * Poetry Roundabout 5 star review * An effervescent debut collection. * Achuka Book of the Day *

So clever and so funny. -- Mina Holland * Instagram - 25.5K followers * I enjoyed the variety of subjects and perceptive interpretations, the humour and the originality. This book is a must for every school library and classroom collection, with much to enjoy for children reading the poems to themselves or for reading aloud. -- School Librarian A stunningly original collection of accessible poems from the witty and wry to more thought-provoking and wise. -- Book Trust - Books we Love A really lovely addition to a class poetry collection. * Reading Zone * A delight - lively, original and covering an eclectic range of subjects. * The Independent Best 10 Kids' Poetry Books * Fresh and accessible, there are shape poems, haiku, poems constructed for the sheer joy of hearing their words said aloud...a wonderful book. * Red Reading Hub * An outstanding new voice in children's poetry with her debut collection of varied, effervescent and thought-provoking poems. * Books Go Walkabout * What a brilliant debut collection of poetry... -- Jo Bowers * Associate Dean, Cardiff Metropolitan University * I predict this book will give laughter, thoughts, questions, comfort - and sow the seeds of a love for poetry in any young person who reads it or has it read to them. A must for every library, home and school. BIG recommendation. * Poetry Roundabout 5 star review * An effervescent debut collection. * Achuka Book of the Day *

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Laura Mucha is an award-winning poet, author and speaker. She has won two international poetry prizes (the Caterpillar Poetry Prize 2016 and the inaugural YorkMix Poems for Children 2019), and her effervescent and thought-provoking poems have been published around the world. She also writes for adults, and her debut book Love Factually / We Need to Talk About Love was published in 2019. Dear Ugly Sisters is her first book for children. Laura lives with her husband and son in London. You can read and listen to more of her work at lauramucha.com. @lauramucha. Tania Rex was born and raised in Vilnius, Lithuania and finds it to be one of the most inspiring cities. She graduated in Graphic Design from Vilnius Academy of art and began her career designing book covers and children’s magazines. She is a full-time illustrator and lives in Vilnius.

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