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The Visitor - Antje Damm

The Visitor

By: Antje Damm, Sally-Ann Spencer (Translator)

Hardcover | 1 August 2018

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Elise was frightened--of spiders, people, even trees. So she never went out, night or day. One day a strange thing flies in through the window and lands at her feet. And then there comes a knock at the door. Elise has a visitor who will change everything.

A gentle and sympathetic story about friendship and shyness that plays out in a mini theater, as a child unwittingly brings light and color--literally--into a lonely person's life. The unique artwork has a doll's house appeal. Damm creates a diorama from cardboard and photographs the scenes, giving the illustrations a special luminosity and depth. A New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book

Industry Reviews
"In Antje Damm's remarkable "The Visitor," a boy rushes into a lonely woman's black-and-white 3-D collage world, bringing an explosion of color, light and life." -- The 2018 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Books
"The miniature sepia scenes of her house, filled with cardboard furniture, are gradually brought to life by washes of colour as her small visitor begins to dispel Elise's anxious loneliness." -- Best new picture books, The Guardian
"Gorgeous in pictures & words, this is a terrific read-aloud selection & a great story to spark conversation." -- School Library Journal, Starred Review
"In Antje Damm's remarkable "The Visitor," a boy rushes into a lonely woman's black-and-white 3-D collage world, bringing an explosion of color, light and life." -- The 2018 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Books
"The miniature sepia scenes of her house, filled with cardboard furniture, are gradually brought to life by washes of colour as her small visitor begins to dispel Elise's anxious loneliness." -- Best new picture books, The Guardian
"Gorgeous in pictures & words, this is a terrific read-aloud selection & a great story to spark conversation." -- School Library Journal, Starred Review

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Published: 1st June 2019

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