Someday ...

The #1 New York Times Bestseller and perfect gift for Mother's day! 
Someday, a book by Alison Mc Ghee and Peter H. Reynolds.


A mother's love 
leads to a mother's dream -
every mother's dream -
for her child to live life
to its fullest.

and ...
Someday, a long time from now, your own hair will glow silver in the sun.
And when that day comes, love, you will remember me.


One day I counted your fingers and kissed each one," opens McGhee's (A Very Brave Witch) understated yet emotion-charged expression of a mother's love and hopes for her child. Reynolds's (The Dot) spare, wispy pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations depict the narrator and her daughter sharing everyday moments that mark milestones in the girl's maturation: the mother watches snowflakes "melt on your baby skin" and crosses the street as her little one grasps her hand. A transitional spread first reveals the youngster on a tricycle, aided by her mother, and then riding solo on a bicycle ("Then, you were my baby,/ and now you are my child"). Quietly the emotion builds, as the mother thinks of the future in store for her daughter, its joys and sorrows: "Someday I will stand on this porch and watch your arms waving to me until I no longer see you." Here Reynolds depicts the woman, older than she was at the book's start, on the left, gazing forlornly across the white expanse of the spread. The narrative comes full circle, as the parent looks ahead to a day, "a long time from now," when her daughter's own hair will "glow silver in the sun." Handlettering by Reynolds augments the story's deeply personal quality, which will resonate with both new and seasoned mothers. All ages. (Mar.) 


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Where Children Sleep

This is a book which should be in every school library and, if you can afford it, in your own child's (grandchild's) personal library. The photographs of the children's rooms tell a story in themselves and the text contributes even more. In all, an incredible learning experience and one which opens many doors of communication.

Where Children Sleep presents English-born photographer James Mollison's large-format photographs of children's bedrooms around the world: from the U.S.A., Mexico, Brazil, England, Italy, Israel and the West Bank, Kenya, Senegal, Lesotho, Nepal, China and India - alongside portraits of the children themselves. Each pair of photographs is accompanied by an extended caption that tells the story of each child: Kaya in Tokyo, whose proud mother spends $1,000 a month on her dresses; Bilal the Bedouin shepherd boy, who sleeps outdoors with his father's herd of goats; the Nepali girl Indira, who has worked in a granite quarry since she was three; and Ankhohxet, the Kraho boy who sleeps on the floor of a hut deep in the Amazon jungle. Photographed over two years with the support of Save the Children (Italy), Where Children Sleep is both a serious photo-essay for an adult audience, and also an educational book that engages children themselves in the lives of other children around the world. Its cover features a child's mobile printed in glow-in-the-dark ink.

James Mollison was born in Kenya in 1973 and grew up in England. After studying art and design at Oxford Brookes, and later film and photography at Newport School of Art and Design, he moved to Italy to work at Benetton's creative lab, Fabrica. His work has been widely published throughout the world in Colors, The New York Times Magazine, the Guardian magazine, The Paris Review, theNew Yorker, Le Monde and elsewhere. His previous books published by Chris Boot include The Disciples (2008), The Memory of Pablo Escobar (2007) and James and Other Apes (2004). Mollison has lived in Venice since 2003.



As Mollison concludes, “In the end, I hope the pictures and the stories in this book speak to children. Yes, so that lucky children (like I was) may better appreciate what they have. But more than that, I hope this book will help children think about inequality, within and between societies around the world, and perhaps start to figure out how, in their own lives, they may respond.”
Where Children Sleep is soon available from Amazon for US$19.98.

Snor - a cheerful dutch publisher

Last weekend I went to the ‘Kleine Fabriek‘, the Amsterdam Children Trade Fair. I met a lot of interesting people and discovered many new, cheerful products. One of nice people and cheerfull products I discovered were from theDutch publishers, SNOR. Their new book  "Vive la fête", DIY-styling for all(holi)days, hit immediately my eyes! Claudette Halkes was so nice to present me one copy and I love it! For now only in Dutch, but the making of the book and the pictures are so lovely that you don't mind not understanding the words.

It is the humor of their "sunny and funny" books what makes them very special. The main idea behind the books is to push the people into a more cheerful direction by giving them their beautiful books to read. Some of their books are published already in English, for example: 

Cheerful! In 3 1/2 months, with loads of beautiful illustrations, and one assignment a day for 3½  months, which will surely make you happy. A must have for "Berlin's January, February, March ... weather time! 

Loads of beautiful illustrations, and one assignment a day for 3½  months, which will surely make you happy! 

Here you can Download all information about Snor and their books in English!

Enjoy!