Children's poet Joseph Coelho (Grandpa's Stories) and illustrator Daniel Gray-Barnett (Smile Out Loud) ask young readers to "face your fears and find your courage with poetry" in their third read-aloud poetry collaboration, Courage Out Loud. This installation of the Poetry to Perform series focuses less on the whimsical and more on the emotional, tackling issues of bravery, fear, and sadness through rhymes that children can practice reading aloud: "A poem has the might/ to give your passion bite,/ to let your words take flight!/ A poem has the might./ Your words might change a mind,/ inspire someone to be kind." Each page comes with a craft prompt from Coelho and entertaining, cartoon-style illustrations from Gray-Barnett. Courage Out Loud should be a useful writing tool in the arsenals of teachers and librarians, and a practical gift for aspiring poets. --Nicole Brinkley, bookseller and writer