If You Could See Laughter

Mandy Coe is an award winning poet and artist. She has published six books including thee collections of poetry for adults and one for children. Her work has been featured on BBC television and radio and she reads at literature events across the UK. As a freelance writer, Mandy works alongside community groups and inner-city schools. Her guide to the work of writers in schools (Our thoughts are bees, co-written with Jean Sprackland) is described as ‘inspiring, enlightening and far-reaching’ (Andrew Motion). Mandy Coe’s first collection Pinning the Tail on the Donkey was short-listed for the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival Prize. Her poetry for children is anthologized by Hodder Wayland, Oxford University Press and Bloomsbury. Mandy is a Hawthornden Fellow.

Acknowledgements
Advice for ...
Seashell
Felt Funny All Day
'Flowers go to school underground'
Moorhen
Raw
Recipe for Good News
If You Could See Laughter
Too Young to Know
One Pair a Year
Thank You
Frog
Row Flow Blow
Sensing Mother
Sun Loves Moon
What Lives Down the Playground Drain
The Sunshine of Susan Browne
The Head's First Name
When Ms Smith Slammed the Classroom Door
Summer Song
Fizz
Bed of Glass
Opposites
The Gift
Assembly
Schoolday's End
Elemental Rules
Offended Cat
Queen of the Hive
The Strawberry-Yoghurt Smell of Words
Swimming on Christmas Day
Lighthouse
Being the Baddie
Bottling it Up
From the Mouths of Babes
Busy Feet
In My Name (MANDY)
Marsh-Sprite
Soft as the Blanket
Catch Words
Upon Once
Buttercup
Questions for a Dad
My Ma
Being Human
Wish
The Girl Who Discovered Fire
Me & You
Cloud That Fell
Music's Prayer
The Cancan
Extinct
Smile
Lost It, Found It
Dream Feast
Night Night