Summary
A playful book about finding your own path.
Everyone in the circus loves to perform - except for Adam, the very youngest member of the Von Trapeze family.
Wherever Adam Von Trapeze’s family circus performs they inspire audiences with their breathtaking feats. Grandma Antonia breathes fire, Uncle Artem builds dizzying human pyramids, and Papa Alexei and Mama Anastasia dance blindfolded on the tightrope.
Only Adam, the youngest of the family, doesn’t show an interest in …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780735844971 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0735844976 |
| Author: | Ziga X. Gombac, Maja Kastelic |
| Publisher: | North-South Books |
| Imprint: | North-South Books |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 40 |
| Release Date: | 28 February 2023 |
| Weight: | 367g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 279mm |
| Audience Age: | 4-8 |
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Critics Review
Adam and his Tuba is a beautifully illustrated empathetic tale which will make a perfect class read, and will, I’m sure, be revisited time and again by both children and their adults. * Just Imagine *
Readers will be left screaming, “Encore!” (Picture book. 5-8) * Kirkus Reviews *
The story is masterfully illustrated using a reduced palette of warm sepia colours, creating a vivid, playful and almost dreamy world of an old-time circus. We see the gold and red stripes of the tent, the pink, flushed cheeks of the performers, the bursts of bright light in contrast with tender, amicable shadows, and the delightful twinkles in the audience’s eyes as they ooh and aah over the extraordinary circus acts.
Not only are the illustrations visually stunning, but the writing is empathetic and endearing, subtly showing us that those who choose the peripheries rather than the limelight still have an important contribution to make.
Ziga X. Gombac
Ziga X Gombac is from Slovenia, where he studied journalism and worked as a journalist, music editor, and editor-in-chief. He is currently the editor and presenter of the first podcast for youngsters on national radio in Slovenia. He has written numerous books for children and adults, which have won many awards. Storytelling and creating, both in books and at events, is an important part of his life.
Maja Kastelic was born in Slovenia, where she studied painting, philosophy and the theory of visual arts. She worked for several years as a retouching artist restoring frescos, before starting her career in children’s publishing. Maja has received a White Ravens Award and has been selected for the Bologna Illustrators Exhibition.
Olivia Hellewell is Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Translation Studies and a translator of contemporary Slovene literature. Olivia is the recipient of two English PEN Translates! Awards, and in 2019 she was awarded first prize in the Asymptote Journal Close Approximations Translation Contest.
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