Hans Christian Andersen: The Journey of his Life
The Journey of His Life
- Hardcover
48 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2020
Summary
Through an enchanted conversation with a young girl in a horse-drawn coach, Hans Christian Andersen shares his life’s struggles, dreams, and triumphs—whose threads can be found woven into his greatest stories. He tells her about the “fairy tale of his life” and how the son of a shoemaker became a celebrated writer. Heinz Janisch paints a sensitive portrait of Andersen and his literary work. Maja Kastelic has developed a well-suited illustration concept for this story that combines sumptuous a…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780735843882 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0735843880 |
| Author: | Heinz Janisch, Maja Kastelic , Maja Kastelic |
| Publisher: | North-South Books |
| Imprint: | North-South Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 48 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2020 |
| Weight: | 492g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 279mm |
| Audience Age: | 4-8 |
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Critics Review
There’s something truly magical happening in Hans Christian Andersen: The Journey of His Life. It’s not just the context, although there’s plenty of magic to be found there. It’s in everything, really: the story, the illustrations, the colors, the compositions. If there’s a perfect picture book, in my opinion, I’d say this gets damn close to being it.–John Herzog “OnlyPictureBooks.com”
Heinz Janisch
Heinz Janisch was born in Güssing, Austria, in 1960. He studied German literature in Vienna. Janisch has published numerous books, including many children’s titles, which have been translated into more than twelve languages. He was nominated for the 2009 Lindgren Memorial Award and the 2010 Hans Christian Andersen Award. In 2008, he received the Austrian Picture Book Award. Heinz Janisch lives with his family in Vienna and in Burgenland.
Maja Kastelic was born in Slovenia, where she studied painting, philosophy, and the theory of visual arts. She worked for several years as a retouching artist restoring frescos before starting her career in children’s publishing. Kastelic has received a White Raven Award and has been selected for the Bologna Illustrators Exhibition.
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