Awards

• Long-listed for UKLA Book Award 2024

Overview

A missing budgie inspires an unlikely friendship between a young boy and his elderly neighbour in this touching Little Gem from award-winner and Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho. Mr Buxton is always having a go at Miles and his friends for climbing the trees outside their tower block. Miles thinks he’s just a grumpy old man but when he finds a lost little budgie, Miles also discovers that he and Mr Buxton have more in common than he could ever have imagined.

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Coelho takes us on a wonderful journey of discovery ... Gorgeous, sumptuous full colour illustrations help build atmosphere, setting and character into this wonderful story. Charming and heartfelt - filled with emotions and wonder. -- NetGalley Review

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Joseph Coelho is a performance poet, children's author and playwright. His debut poetry collection Werewolf Club Rules won the CLPE CliPPA Poetry Award 2015 and he was included on The Guardian's 2018 list 'Fresh Voices: 50 authors you should read now.' He is the current Waterstones Children's Laureate.

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