The Creativity Project
An Awesometastic Story Collection
Published on 13. March 2018
288 pages
978-0-316-50778-3 (ISBN)
Description
Book advocate Colby Sharp presents more than forty beloved, award-winning, diverse and bestselling authors and illustrators in a creative challenge!
Colby Sharp invited more than forty authors and illustrators to provide story starters for each other; photos, drawings, poems, prose, or anything they could dream up. When they received their prompts, they responded by transforming these seeds into any form of creative work they wanted to share.
The result is a stunning collection of words, art, poetry, and stories by some of our most celebrated children book creators. A section of extra story starters by every contributor provides fresh inspiration for readers to create works of their own. Here is an innovative book that offers something for every kind of reader and creator!
Colby Sharp invited more than forty authors and illustrators to provide story starters for each other; photos, drawings, poems, prose, or anything they could dream up. When they received their prompts, they responded by transforming these seeds into any form of creative work they wanted to share.
The result is a stunning collection of words, art, poetry, and stories by some of our most celebrated children book creators. A section of extra story starters by every contributor provides fresh inspiration for readers to create works of their own. Here is an innovative book that offers something for every kind of reader and creator!
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Colby Sharp is a co-founder of the online community Nerdy Book Club and its off-shoot conference, Nerd Camp, two popular monthly Twitter chats, #Titletalk, #SharpSchu, and The Yarn, a podcast about bookmaking and the creative process.
Content
- Intro
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- Dedication
- Welcome to the Creativity Project!
- Prompts and Responses
- Prompt: By Kate DiCamillo
- Response: By Lemony Snicket
- Prompt: By Margarita Engle
- Response: By Debbie Ridpath Ohi
- Prompt: By Jewell Parker Rhodes
- Response: By Grace Lin
- Prompt: By Lisa Brown
- Response: By Mariko Tamaki
- Prompt: By Travis Jonker
- Response: By Laurie Keller
- Prompt: By Sherman Alexie
- Response: By Kate Messner
- Prompt: By Peter Brown
- Response: By Lauren Castillo
- Prompt: By R. J. Palacio
- Response: By Dav Pilkey
- Prompt: By Minh Lê
- Response: By Victoria Jamieson
- Prompt: By Laurel Snyder
- Response: By Lisa Brown
- Prompt: By Javaka Steptoe
- Response: Fluffle-Picking Time: By Chris Grabenstein
- Prompt: By Victoria Jamieson
- Response: Matilda and Me: By John Schu
- Prompt: By Sophie Blackall
- Response: Mr. Kerel: By Adam Gidwitz
- Prompt: By Dan Santat
- Response: By Tom Angleberger
- Prompt: By Naomi Shihab Nye
- Response: Reflections on a Conversation: By Kat Yeh
- Prompt: By Deborah Freedman
- Response: The Ascent: By R. J. Palacio
- Prompt: By Dav Pilkey
- Response: By Jarrett Krosoczka
- Prompt: By Debbie Ridpath Ohi
- Response: The Leper's Spots: By Daniel Nayeri
- Prompt: By Lemony Snicket
- Response: Lost & Found: By Jennifer L. Holm
- Prompt: By Linda Sue Park
- Response: By Sophie Blackall
- Prompt: By Linda Urban
- Response: By Deborah Freedman
- Prompt: By John Schu
- Response: Changes: By Sherman Alexie
- Prompt: By Kate Messner
- Response: 42, You're in This Room: By Andrea Davis Pinkney
- Prompt: By Kat Yeh
- Response: By Javaka Steptoe
- Prompt: By Frank Viva
- Response: Chance Meeting: By Laurel Snyder
- Prompt: By Liesl Shurtliff
- Response: By Jessixa Bagley
- Prompt: By Lauren Castillo
- Response: The Portal to Anywhere: By Tracey Baptiste
- Prompt: By Andrea Davis Pinkney
- Response: The Trap: By Linda Sue Park
- Prompt: By Mariko Tamaki
- Response: By Dan Santat
- Prompt: By Daniel Nayeri
- Response: By Kirby Larson
- Prompt: By Chris Grabenstein
- Response: You Have a Cow?-a Love Song: By Kate DiCamillo
- Prompt: By Bob Shea
- Response: Grandpa Marius: By Travis Jonker
- Prompt: By Kirby Larson
- Response: By Jewell Parker Rhodes
- Prompt: By Tracey Baptiste
- Response: Little House of Blame: By Naomi Shihab Nye
- Prompt: By Laurie Keller
- Response: By Bob Shea
- Prompt: By Gary D. Schmidt
- Response: By Linda Urban
- Prompt: By Jessixa Bagley
- Response: The Fairy Under the Floor: By Liesl Shurtliff
- Prompt: By Jennifer L. Holm
- Response: By Minh Lê
- Prompt: By Tom Angleberger
- Response: By Frank Viva
- Prompt: By Adam Gidwitz
- Response: By Jess Keating
- Prompt: By Grace Lin
- Response: A Puppy's Best Friend: By Margarita Engle
- Prompt: By Jess Keating
- Response: By Peter Brown
- Prompt: By Colby Sharp
- Response: Come, Come, Come, Come: By Gary D. Schmidt
- Prompt: By Jarrett J. Krosoczka
- Response: Hide-and-Seek: By Colby Sharp
- Prompts for You
- Sherman Alexie
- Tom Angleberger
- Jessixa Bagley
- Tracey Baptiste
- Sophie Blackall
- Lisa Brown
- Peter Brown
- Lauren Castillo
- Kate DiCamillo
- Margarita Engle
- Deborah Freedman
- Adam Gidwitz
- Chris Grabenstein
- Jennifer L. Holm
- Victoria Jamieson
- Travis Jonker
- Jess Keating
- Laurie Keller
- Jarrett J. Krosoczka
- Kirby Larson
- Minh Lê
- Grace Lin
- Kate Messner
- Daniel Nayeri
- Naomi Shihab Nye
- Debbie Ridpath Ohi
- R. J. Palacio
- Linda Sue Park
- Dav Pilkey
- Andrea Davis Pinkney
- Jewell Parker Rhodes
- Dan Santat
- Gary Schmidt
- John Schu
- Colby Sharp
- Bob Shea
- Liesl Shurtliff
- Lemony Snicket
- Laurel Snyder
- Javaka Steptoe
- Mariko Tamaki
- Linda Urban
- Frank Viva
- Kat Yeh
- Contributor Biographies
