Joseph Coelho Ten-Word Tiny Tales Hardback Book

A JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD SELECTIONSHORLISTED FOR THE ENGLISH 411 BOOK AWARDS LEICESTERSELECTED AS A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR"Its never too early to jumpstart your literary career, and TenWord Tiny Tales offers a crash course in the art of creative writing to children as young as seven." Emily Bearn, The Daily Telegraph"In this playful, unsettling collection for 7+, Coelhos ultraconcise tales, featuring broken hamster cages, underwater carnivals and bears in outer space, are amplified by images from Shaun Tan, Dapo Adeola and many others, inviting kids to dive through strange portals of imagination." GuardianFrom former Waterstones Childrens Laureate and winner of the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing 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... | Joseph Coelho Ten-Word Tiny Tales Hardback Book