LoveReading4Kids Says
LoveReading4Kids Says
A Julia Eccleshare Pick of the Month August 2023
In each of the ten word stories Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho plants a wonderful seed of an idea which will spark the imagination of readers of all ages.
Each is like the fizzing start of a story which could take off in a host of directions. These prompts will inspire curiosity about the different scenarios that are hinted at but not completed in these tales.
Illustrated by a ranged of talented artists including Dapo Adeola, Flavia Z. Drago and Shaun Tan, the stories will encourage everyone who reads them to write their own versions of ‘what happens next’. Or, to write their own Ten-Word Tiny Tales!
Julia Eccleshare M.B.E
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Ten-Word Tiny Tales Synopsis
From Joseph Coelho comes a compendium featuring twenty brilliantly illustrated tiny tales, each only ten words long!
Invite me in, she says, outside my tenth storey window...
Is it possible to spin a tale using just ten words? It most certainly is! In this unique and magnificent compendium designed to spark the imagination, Joseph Coelho brings us stories of underwater worlds, demon hamsters, bears in outer space, and portals to places unknown ... all in just ten words! Each tale has been paired with one of the finest illustrators working today - and, together, the words and pictures will create a space for creativity as young readers imagine how the story might unravel. They might even be inspired to pen a ten word tiny tale of their own!
Prefaced by a note from Joseph Coelho, and with two creative writing challenges at the back, this is the perfect gift for all those ready to unleash their imaginations.
With artwork from:
Alex T. Smith · Camilla Sucre · Chuck Groenink · Daishu Ma · Dapo Adeola · Dena Seiferling · Flavia Z. Drago · Freya Hartas · Helen Stephens · Julia Sarda · Katie May Green · Karl James Mountford · Maja Kastelic · Mariachiara Di Gorgio · Nahid Kazemi · Raissa Figueroa · Reggie Brown · Shaun Tan · Thea Lu · Yas Imamura · Yoko Tanaka
Use Joseph's Tiny Tale Generator to create your own Ten-Word Tiny Tales: www.tenwordtinytales.com
About This Edition
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9781529502688 |
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3rd August 2023 |
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Joseph Coelho |
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Walker Books Ltd |
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Hardback |
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56 pages |
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Press Reviews
Joseph Coelho Press Reviews
'A wealth of creative talent is showcased in this unusual title [...] this is a book that will appeal to fans of picture books and illustration, as well as those who like to be just a little creeped out.' - The Bookseller
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About Joseph Coelho
Joseph Coelho is the Waterstones Children’s Laureate 2022-2024, and an award-winning poet, playwright and writer. His first poetry collection, Werewolf Club Rules!, won the CLPE Children's Poetry Award in 2015, and he has been writing and performing ever since. His picture books include If All the World Were... illustrated by Allison Colpoys and Luna Loves Library Day illustrated by Fiona Lumbers. His poetry books for children include Overheard in a Tower Block illustrated by Kate Milner and A Year of Nature Poems illustrated by Kelly Louise Judd.
His ‘Story told in poems’, for age 12+, The Girl Who Became A Tree, was shortlisted for The 2021 Carnegie Medal and received a special mention from the Bologna Ragazzi Award 2021. His YA verse novel, The Boy Lost in the Maze, is longlisted for the Yoto Carnegie Award for Writing 2024, has been chosen as an outstanding international book for The White Ravens collection 2023 and has also been nominated as an IBBY Honour Book for 2024.
He has written plays for the Polka Theatre, the Lyric, Hammersmith, and the Unicorn Theatre. He creates dynamic poetry theatre pieces for young people that he tours nationally. He also performs with the UK's top performance poetry organisation, Apples and Snakes, visiting venues across the UK. Joseph has been a guest poet in Cbeebies' Rhyme Rocket.
Originally from London, he now lives by the sea in Kent.
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