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{{Infobox book
| name = Topsy Turvy Tales
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| author = Charlotte Boulay-Goldsmith
| illustrator = Laura Hyde
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| country = United States
| language = English
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| pages = 64 (Hardcover)
| isbn = 0957156006
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{{Portal |Children's literature}}
'''''Topsy Turvy Tales''''' is a 2012 illustrated storybook by Charlotte Boulay-Goldsmith and illustrated by Laura Hyde. The book was published by Humpty Dumpty Publishing on June 14, 2012. ''Topsy Turvy Tales'' is composed of four tales, ''Quest of the Head'', ''The Girl With Liquid Eyes'', ''Chester The Oyster'' and ''The Man With The Stolen Heart''.
==Adaptations==
''The Girl With Liquid Eyes'' and ''The Man With The Stolen Heart'' have been adapted into short animations featuring the voices of actors [[Maryam d'Abo]] and [[Bill Nighy]].
''The Man With The Stolen Heart'' was nominated for "Best Animation" at the Charlotte Film Festival<ref>{{cite web|title=The Man With The Stolen Heart|url=http://www.charlottefilmfestival.org/stolen-heart|publisher=Charlotte Film Festival|accessdate=9 August 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808232517/http://www.charlottefilmfestival.org/stolen-heart|archivedate=8 August 2012}}</ref> and won "Best Animation" at the [http://ukfilmfestival.com/ UK Film Festival]<ref>[http://ukfilmfestival.com/best-animation/ UK Film Festival, "Best Animation", 2011. Retrieved 2012-09-10]</ref> At the [[Cambridge Film Festival]] [[Jamie Brittain]] described the film as "divisive" but the "conceptual invention soon wins you over".<ref>{{cite web|last=Brittain|first=Jamie|title=Short Fusion: Love, Lost and Found reviews|url=http://www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk/films/2011/short-fusion-love-lost-and-found/reviews/+http://www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk/films/2011/short-fusion-love-lost-and-found/reviews/|publisher=Cambridge Film Festival|access-date=9 August 2012}}{{dead link|date=February 2024|bot=medic}}</ref>
==Reception==
[[Sylvia Whitman]] described the book on ''[[France 24]]'' as "an exquisite and strange storybook".<ref>[http://www.france24.com/en/20121213-christmas-literary-gifts-poems-illustrated-books-am-homes-carol-ann-duffy France24] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214231201/http://www.france24.com/en/20121213-christmas-literary-gifts-poems-illustrated-books-am-homes-carol-ann-duffy |date=2012-12-14 }}</ref> The [[literary magazine]] ''Neon'' called the series "an illustrated collection of gothic fairytales in verse."<ref>{{cite web | last =Frost | first =Christopher | title =Review: "Topsy Turvy Tales"| work =Neon: A Literary Magazine | publisher =Neon Magazine | date =July 2012 | url =http://www.neonmagazine.co.uk/?p=1910 | accessdate =2012-08-25}}</ref> [http://www.vogue.co.uk/person/laura-bailey Laura Bailey] in [http://www.vogue.co.uk/ Vogue.com] called it an "escape into dark dreams and twisted fantasies"<ref>[http://www.vogue.co.uk/blogs/laura-bailey/2012/08/topsy-turvy-tales Bailey, Laura, "Topsy Turvy Tales", Vogue.com, August 2012. Retrieved 2012-09-10]</ref> [[Philip Colbert]] described parts of the book as "a cross between Sleepy Hollow and the Adams Family. Dark, funny, macabre and disturbing."<ref>{{cite web | last =Colbert | first =Philip | title =[Review] Surrealism In The Studio | work =Pas un Artre: A Daily Journal of Arts and Culture | date =30 July 2012 | url =http://www.pasunautre.com/2012/07/30/review-surrealism-in-the-studio/ | accessdate =2012-08-25}}</ref>
▲*Publisher: [[Humpty Dumpty Publishing]]
==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb title|1959571|The Man With The Stolen Heart}}
*{{IMDb title|1358571|The Girl With Liquid Eyes}}
*[http://www.humptydumptypublishing.com/ Official Website]
[[Category:2012 short story collections]]
[[Category:Children's short story collections]]
[[Category:American short story collections]]
[[Category:2012 children's books]]
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