The Dutch edition of A Giraffe’s Heart Is Unbelievably Large has been awarded the Silver Paintbrush Award for the best illustrated children’s book of the past year.
Wonderful news for our children’s list: the Dutch edition of A Giraffe’s Heart Is Unbelievably Large by Sofia Chanfreau and Amanda Chanfreau (ill.) has been awarded the Silver Paintbrush Award (Zilveren Penseel) for the best illustrated children’s book published in Dutch in the past year.
The Dutch edition of the book is out with Lannoo, in translation by Sophie Kuiper.
A Giraffe’s Heart Is Unbelievably Large is a wonderful story where magical realism meets the quest after one’s own origins and it has been enchanting publishers all over the world in 17 language territories since its release and, on top of having sold over 10.000 copies in Finland, it has also won the most important literary award in the country, the Finlandia Junior Prize, in 2022.
This illustrated novel for middle grade readers is a tale of longing to be part of a family, to find one’s place in the world, and to be loved as one is. Whenever ten-year-old Vega, who has always lived with her father, tries to ask about her mother, the only answer she gets is mysteries. Once a not-so-nice girlfriend starts dating her father, and Vega gets an unexpected pen pal, she decides to set out on an adventure to find out more about her mother. The book is a superb read for a child alone or for parents and children together.
In Finland, the Chanfreau sisters are published by Schildts & Söderströms.
Warm congratulations to the authors and the publishers, and don’t miss out on this wonderful title!