
I Wish - Hardcover
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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Toon Tellegen, Ingrid Godon, David ColmerAudience:Ages 9-12Publish date:2020-03-31Pages:105
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Elsewhere EditionsISBN-13:9781939810328ISBN-10:1939810329UPC:9781939810328Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Poetry (see also Stories in Verse), Art, Social ThemesBook Topic:Emotions & FeelingsSize:11.30 x 8.90 x 0.60 inchesWeight:1.7Product ID:SC1JV2798S
Bestelling Dutch children's author Toon Tellegen matches 33 imaginative prose-poems prompted by the statement "I wish" with luminous, old-fashioned portraits by Ingrid Godon in this beautiful, unique volume perfect for thoughtful young readers. I Wish pairs writing with a gallery of portraits inspired by old-fashioned photographs - faces staring out at us with the serious, veiled expressions of a bygone time. Scattered among the paintings are young children, men and women, and babies, speaking through Toon Tellegen's yearning language. Like dozens of confessions poured from the page, the writing presents a glittering kaleidoscope of wishes, from imagined feats of heroism to reciprocated human love.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Elsewhere EditionsISBN-13:9781939810328ISBN-10:1939810329UPC:9781939810328Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Poetry (see also Stories in Verse), Art, Social ThemesBook Topic:Emotions & FeelingsSize:11.30 x 8.90 x 0.60 inchesWeight:1.7Product ID:SC1JV2798S
Toon Tellegen is a Dutch writer and poet. He published his first collection of stories for children in 1984 and has published more than twenty collections of poetry to date. In 2001, his book Raptors (Raafvogels), translated into English by Judith Wilkinson, won the British Poetry Society's Popescu Prize for European Poetry in Translation. Tellegen was also awarded the Theo Thijssen Prize and the Constantijn Huygens Prize for his entire ouvre. Ingrid Godon is a Dutch children's book illustrator. Her first illustrated book, Wachten op Matroos, was published in 2000 and accompanied by Andr? Sollie's poetry. It was awarded a Gouden Griffel, Boekenpauw en Boekenwelp. Her illustrations stand out for their poetic, sensitive depictions of people and places. When Ik Wou (I Wish) was launched in 2011, it was nominated for the Deutsche Jugendliteraturpreis award. David Colmer is a writer and translator. He translates Dutch literature in a wide range of genres including literary fiction, nonfiction, children's books, and poetry. He is a four-time winner of the David Reid Poetry Translation Prize and received the 2009 Biennial NSW Premier and PEN Translation Prize. His translation of Gerbrand Bakker's The Twin (Archipelago) was awarded the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and he received - along with Gerbrand Bakker - the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for Bakker's novel The Detour.
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