Children's & YA
Darling
by Jessica Bosworth Smith
Description
From the illustrator of The Straw Giant & The Crow comes a new picture book, Liefie. Explore the wonders and worries of having a surprise new child with this heart-melting family of otters! 'Liefie' by Jessica Bosworth Smith is an incredibly heart-warming and humorous take on a family of otters, who have a surprise laat-lammetjie (Afrikaans term — "the late lamb" — which is a South African phrase for a surprise child born long after their siblings).
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World ex ZA
Marketing Information
Target market: The book is aimed at children between 3+ years, focused as a family read. The story investigates what it means to bring a laat-lammetjie into a family, and the new conversations and adventures that comes with this. Key selling points: • The story tries to understand the idea of having a laat-lammetjie. • The story explores what growing up looks like in a family context. • The author previously wrote The Straw Giant & The Crow, which was selected for the Bratislava Illustration Biennial 2017.
Endorsements
https://www.pressreader.com/south-africa/weekend-argus-saturday-edition/20190727/286650418640389 https://open.spotify.com/episode/17gJFSwoG9bi6EpCoUzt8r
Author Biography
Jessica Bosworth Smith is a visual artist who believes that illustration is a fluid and multifaceted form of storytelling. She has authored two children's books, The Straw Giant & The Crow and Liefie. Jessica's approach to her work is to constantly challenge herself and accepted norms and traditions within the field of illustration through experimental use of techniques and mediums. Her work often explores concepts of memory, history and the esoteric. Jessica received an Honours in Visual Studies (Illustration) Cum Laude from Stellenbosch University in 2016. Prior to that, she obtained her Fine Arts degree from Rhodes University in 2011. Between her qualifications she spent time working in Istanbul and Paris, and received a Post-Graduate Certificate in Education (2015). She was also recently selected as one of Design Indaba's Emerging Creatives for 2017 and her previous book, Those Who Eat the Tail, has been selected for the ABSA l'Atelier competition 2017.
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Imagnary House
Imagnary House is a South African publisher founded in 2016, focused on children’s books and young-adult literature. The house was built off the phrase, "If you walk in the measurable, you miss out on the imaginable".
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- Publisher Imagnary House
- Publication Date 2019
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- Publication Country or regionSouth Africa
- FormatPaperback
- Primary Price 90 ZAR
- Pages32
- ReadershipChildren
- Publish StatusPublished
- Copyright Year2019
- Dimensions210x148 mm
- IllustrationFully illustrated
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