Ten-Word Tiny Tales

From former Waterstones Children's 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 Coelho, and with two creative writing challenges at the back, this is the perfect gift for all those ready to unleash their imaginations.

Short-listed for English 4-11 Book Awards Leicester 2024 (UK)

It’s never too early to jump-start your literary career, and Ten-Word Tiny Tales, the latest book by Joseph Coelho, 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+, Coelho’s ultra-concise 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. Guardian
If you have a child at home who loves using her or his imagination, this is the perfect book. […] Great fun. Irish Independent
UK Waterstones Children's Laureate Joseph Coelho creates an unmissable compendium of tales that are small but mighty. Each story is only ten words long but will certainly stop readers in their tracks. […] A clever and creative book not to be missed. Irish Examiner
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

Joseph Coelho is an award-winning poet, playwright and writer, and was the Waterstones Children’s Laureate from 2022 to 2024. 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 the Luna Loves series, 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. Originally from London, he now lives by the sea in Kent. He won the Yoto Carnegie Medal for Writing in 2024. Follow him on Twitter as @JosephACoelho and on Instagram as @josephcoelhoauthor.

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

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