Joseph Coelho, former UK Children’s Laureate, is an award-winning poet, playwright, and children’s book author who wrote this book’s companion title,
Ten-Word Tiny Tales: To Inspire and Unsettle. His first poetry collection,
Werewolf Club Rules,
won the CLPE Poetry Award in 2015. 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, illustrated by Freya Hartas, and
The Boy Lost in the Maze, illustrated by Kate Milner. Originally from London, Joseph Coelho now lives in Folkestone, England. Follow him on X @PoetryJoe and on Instagram @josephcoelhoauthor.
In this follow-up to his first collection of tiny epics, author Joseph Coelho crafts evocative stories about love emerging, love everlasting and love most eccentric. Each is illustrated by a different artist (found, Coelho claims, after his travels “by hot-air balloon, hovercraft, and llama”), giving each tale its own enchanting vibe.
—The Virginian Pilot
