Joseph Coelho is an award-winning poet, playwright and children's book author. His first poetry collection, Werewolf Club Rules!, won the CLPE Children's Poetry Award, 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. He is also the author of the Fairy Tales Gone Bad trilogy, Zombierella, Frankenstiltskin and Creeping Beauty, all illustrated by Freya Hartas. Follow him on Twitter as @Poetryjoe 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
Coelho crams whole worlds into his 10 words but also exhorts his readers to fill in the gaps […] for the right child it will open doorways into new worlds. Give this to your kids and they’ll hopefully be inspired to start telling you stories from the prompts provided at bedtime. * The Independent, syndicated via NewsChain * 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 * Young readers who enjoy creative writing will find plenty of inspiration in Ten-Word Tiny Tales by Joseph Coelho and Friends […] A variety of illustrators - including Alex T .Smith, Yoko Tanaka and Shaun Tan - is an added confection for this original compendium, which will have children pulling out their notebooks to write their own tales. * Irish Times * If you have a child at home who loves using her or his imagination, this is the perfect book. […] Great fun. * Irish Independent *