Everyone Walks Away
Published on 1. February 2019
Book
Hardback
32 pages
978-1-77657-186-4 (ISBN)
Description
A beautiful, multi-layered picture book about loneliness, exclusion and belonging
Frank feels lonely when everyone walks away. Tilly, Paul and Milan are having fun. Frank cries tears into a pan and then adds sugar, and cooks and stirs for hours. Frank has made jam, his very own recipe. He will now invite the others for afternoon tea.
"The people are so small on the large spreads, the surroundings are diffuse, the colours melancholic. Even the objects are on their own. Leaves drop like tears. A gate, a fence, a cul-de-sac; all become barriers, excluding. There's not a word, not a detail too many," August Prize jury.
Frank feels lonely when everyone walks away. Tilly, Paul and Milan are having fun. Frank cries tears into a pan and then adds sugar, and cooks and stirs for hours. Frank has made jam, his very own recipe. He will now invite the others for afternoon tea.
"The people are so small on the large spreads, the surroundings are diffuse, the colours melancholic. Even the objects are on their own. Leaves drop like tears. A gate, a fence, a cul-de-sac; all become barriers, excluding. There's not a word, not a detail too many," August Prize jury.
Reviews / Votes
Frank goes one way after school and everyone else goes another. It seems like he is always on the outside looking in until one day he decides to take matters into his own hands. Soft-hued color blocks and shifting shadows surround Frank as he prepares a teatime picnic using some unusual, heartfelt ingredients. The book is eloquent yet playful with an emotionally charged message, and audiences will root for Frank as he takes a risk, sharing pieces of himself.--Foreword Reviews-- "Website" (5/16/2019 12:00:00 AM)
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Wellington
New Zealand
Target group
Children/juvenile
US School Grade: From Kindergarten to Second Grade, Reading Age: From 7 to 8 years, Interest Age: From 5 to 8 years
Illustrations
Illustrations, color
ISBN-13
978-1-77657-186-4 (9781776571864)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Eva Lindstroem has written and illustrated many highly acclaimed picture books. She has been nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award and eight times for the August award which she won in 2013. Lindstroem was born in 1952 and lives in Stockholm. She began her career as a comic artist and cartoonist, and has had a major influence on the new generation of comic book artists now emerging in Sweden.