The Mossy Story by Micha Colombo
Art and Energy recently commissioned south-west based writer and performer, Micha Colombo, to write a short story for primary school aged children. The story’s inspiration was to come from our How to Bury the Giant work with themes of mosses, climate action, giants and tiny actions for a brighter greener future.
Micha has written A Mossy Story, a story of Jay and his Nana who meet Tina the magnificent Tardigrade as they daydream deep into the miniature magical world of mosses, seeking inspiration for how to defeat the carbon giant.
Purchase your copy of The Mossy Story below or scroll down to listen to the free audio book version.
The Mossy Story
When his class is learning about climate change, Jay imagines a carbon giant instead. Little does he know that this daydream is the start of a very big, very small adventure into the magical world of moss.
Join Jay as he travels with his Nana on an unforgettable journey, featuring dancing tardigrades, sleeping giants and the small things we can all do to build a brighter, greener future.
Written by Micha Colombo. Graphic design by Devon Tipping.
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The story has been inspired by the How to Bury the Giant project, with themes of mosses, climate action, giants and tiny actions for a brighter greener future. Our thanks to Micha for her fabulous story.
Inspired by Micha’s words, a group from the University of Plymouth Illustration BA and MA took part in The Mossy Book illustration event. This has lead to the beautiful illustrations in this publication, with Devon Tipping and Mikayla Schuler bringing the story to life with their beautiful illustrations.
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The Mossy Story is available to purchase for £12 which includes UK postage. Please contact us if you’d like to purchase multiple copies or require worldwide postage: hello@artandenergy.org
The Mossy Story has been printed with a small print run, on 100% recycled paper, using vegan friendly, biodegradable and compostable inks and using 100% renewable energy.
Listen to The Mossy Story:
The Mossy Story was published by The Art and Energy Collective and is made freely available to you here because we believe that everyone should be supported to take creative steps towards a brighter greener future.
Listen to Micha reading The Mossy Story via SoundCloud or through the links below. You can also download The Mossy Story as audio files in MP3 format .
A Mossy Story written transcript is also available in pdf format for use in an educational setting.
If you need A Mossy Story in a different format then please do get in touch hello@artandenergy.org
Our thanks to Micha for her fabulous story.
