The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories  – Volume #2
By Joseph Gorgon-Levitt
(It Books, November 2012, 128pp.)
The Short of It:
A marvelous little package of creativity.
The Rest of It:
This is another, amazing collection of stories and illustrations in the Tiny Book series. I reviewed Volume 1 last year and was so taken with the project in general, that I didn’t hesitate even for a moment when Volume 2 was offered to me earlier this year. HitRECord, founded by Joseph Gordon-Levitt invites writers and illustrators to contribute to these volumes via the HitRECord website.
These works are short, super short. We’re talking one to two pages long with only a few lines of text. The novelty is that it’s tiny, can be held in a pocket and whipped out whenever you have a moment. My daughter walked off with Volume 1, but I’ve had Volume 2 on my desk for a couple of weeks now and I can’t tell you how many have stopped by to check it out.
Here are just a couple of my favorite stories/illustrations. The first contributed by Metaphorist and TheSerpentTheCharmer, and the second by mprather75 and aamanddacc.
What I like about this series is that it makes art and stories accessible to all people, even non-readers. There is not one person I’ve shown this book to that did not find it interesting in some way. And the book itself is just lovely! I can’t wait to have the entire series sitting on my shelf.
Do check out the website if you are interested because there are a lot of videos to watch too.
Source: Sent to me by the publisher.
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Book Chatter 
I love the second one! (Personally I would never take pictures in that way because everyone would be too appalled by my fingernails!) LOL
I took those photos from my office. The lighting was not ideal. My fingers look a little jaundiced!
They both are truly lovely!
These books sound fun! And I love the artwork, at least in the samples you’ve shared.
This is a series that I want to own, and I still haven’t bought the first book. Oh, I gave a lot of hints at Christmas, but it wasn’t there under the tree for me. I think I am going to have to go out and get this one for myself, and the first one too!
They are tiny enough to fit in a stocking! I think they would make great gifts.
I loved this book as well! I hope they come out with a volume 3.
Sounds like a tiny treasure trove! Delightful!
I’m going to get all of them eventually. Sometimes this is all that my brain can handle.
I haven’t seen the second one, but my dad enjoyed the first one after I passed it onto him.
I totally forgot about the first one. Now I better get my hands on both volumes.
I just learned a new term yesterday: longform. This must be the opposite of it. BTW, is this the Joseph Gordon-Levitt in the movies? Wow… some people have so much time to do so many things, and so versatile. Thanks for sharing this.
Yep! The same Gordon-Levitt!
My husband keeps saying that JGL should be the next Bond. thoughts?
JGL as Bond? Now, that’s interesting. I can see it, personality wise but Bond has gotten more physical over the years. I can’t see him running around, crashing through scaffolding, etc. He’s too slight of build.
Just even further proof that JGL is creative beyond belief. He’s exceptionally talented (and so are the artists featured in this book, it seems).
On a complete side note: Enjoy Carrie! It’s the first King I read, and continues to be my favourite.
I am enjoying Carrie quite a bit. I’ve read it before but don’t remember it being this good.
Love the concept behind these books!