To finish off these past few posts on Montreuil, I want to give a special mention to my friend Constanze von Kitzing, who was my guest during the Salon... her first time here, but not her last!
Constanze is a children's book illustrator and author from Germany who has not only published several books with a variety of publishers in Europe, but has also been awarded, both at the Bologna Book Fair (where she was a selected illustrator in 2010) and at the CJ Picture Book festival of South Korea.
Here she is at a signing at Montreuil, for La Joie de Lire, the wonderful Swiss maison d'édition who have published many of her books, including her series on the little lion cub: Cache-cache, C'est moi le meilleur, and Dormez-vous. (Inside images here, here and here ... do look!)
(She signed my copies too — yay!)
Her most recent picture book— Pingouin glacé (also published by La Joie de Lire)— came out just last month. It's all about a little penguin who feels a bit chilly and goes off in search of warmth (in all its varieties) — sympathique and clever!
Thanks for everything, Constanze. See you soon — a presto!
Beautiful
ReplyDeleteYes, it's lovely — so glad you like it!!
ReplyDeletehehe, i guess i'm a bit late, but thanks for this great post!!!! :-)
ReplyDeleteHey Constanze! You're welcome — the pleasure was all mine!!
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