Picture books
The Snowflake Collector
by Robert Schneider, Linda Wolfsgruber
Description
Wilson Bentley lives on a farm in the vastness of America with his older brother and his parents. The two boys are supposed to support their parents in their work and become good farmers. This leads to conflicts, because Wilson is a dreamy boy who spends a lot of time thinking and is fascinated by the little things in the world: the peculiarities of leaves, stones and snow crystals, which particularly fascinate him. It becomes the passion of his life to depict and preserve the delicate and fading crystals. Nobody in the area has any interest in Wilson’s eccentric ideas, people cannot follow his enthusiasm. When he gives a lecture in the village about his work and shows the photos of the crystals, he is met with a lack of understanding. But for Wilson's father, something fundamental changes that evening: He realizes the value he has ignored so far.
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Author Biography
Robert Schneider, born 1961, grew up in a mountain farming village in Götzis (Vorarlberg), where he still lives as a freelance writer. He studied composition, theater studies, and art history in Vienna, and broke off his studies to become a writer. He published his debut novel "Schlafes Bruder" in 1992, after the manuscript had previously been rejected by 24 publishers. The book was translated into 36 languages, made into a film and became part of the literary canon at schools. In recent years, Schneider has withdrawn from the literary public.
Linda Wolfsgruber was born in 1961 in Bruneck in South Tyrol. From 1975 to 1978 she attended the art school in Ortisei in Val Gardena, Italy, and then trained as a typesetter and graphic designer. From 1981 to 1983 she attended the "Scuola del Libro" in Urbino, Italy. Since 1984 she has been working as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer in Florence, Bruneck and Vienna and manages drawing and illustration workshops, among others at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. In 2016 she received the Austrian Art Award. Linda Wolfsgruber lives in Vienna.
Verlag Jungbrunnen
Verlag Jungbrunnen was founded in 1923. Background was the intention to supply children who otherwise didn’t have access to books with high quality literature. Even though almost 100 years have gone by since then, the aim is still the same: Jungbrunnen produces quality picture books and novels for children and young adults from 2 to 14. Literary style and language, fantasy and craftsmanship in illustrations, universal topics which touch the souls of young people – all those elements unite to extraordinary books, which are entertaining and demanding at the same time. Young people can feel at home in them and have a chance to deal with existential questions in a protected space.
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- Publisher Verlag Jungbrunnen
- Publication Date 2020
- Orginal LanguageGerman
- ISBN/Identifier 9783702659462
- Publication Country or regionAustria
- FormatHardback
- Pages32
- ReadershipChildren
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleDer Schneeflockensammler
- EditionOriginal edition
- Copyright Year2020
- Dimensions255 x 222 mm
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