The Suitcase Hardcover - Picture Book, September 29, 2020 by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros (Author, Illustrator) Editors' pick Best Books Ages 3. Chris Naylor-Ballesteros is a picture book author and illustrator, published by Nosy Crow, Andersen Press and Bloomsbury. Twitter: @Chris_Naylor_B Chris Naylor-Ballesteros is a picture book creator who lives in France.
Website: chrisnaylorballesteros.com Twitter: @Chris_Naylor_B "At a time when over 65 million people are forcibly displaced around the world, this beautifully illustrated and wise, gentle tale of tolerance and kindness for fellow humans resonates deeply. The story behind The Suitcase - a guest post by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros This May we published The Suitcase, written and illustrated by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros - a powerful new picture book full of heart and humanity. And today we're very pleased to share a piece by Chris on the message behind the book, which you can read below.
The suitcase makes a poignant metaphor for the stranger's memories of a home left behind. The tension builds as the animals make sense of their discovery and the stranger dreams of the hardship and loss he has endured before finally waking up, all depicted in beautiful, gestural lines and delicate application of color. Buy This Book * More books by Chris Naylor-Ballesteros When a strange-looking animal arrives pulling a big suitcase, the other animals are curious.
What on earth could be inside that suitcase? A teacup? Maybe. A table and chair? Perhaps. A whole home and hillside with trees? This stranger must be fibbing! But when the animals break into the suitcase and discover a very special photograph, they.
Shortlisted for Oscar's Book Prize 2020 Shortlisted for the 2020 CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal "At a time when over 65 million people are forcibly displaced around the world, this beautifully illustrated and wise, gentle tale of tolerance and kindness for fellow humans resonates deeply. I hope all parents share The Suitcase with their children." - Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner "A. LoveReading4Kids Says Shortlisted for the UKLA Book Awards 2020 May 2019 Book of the Month Shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2020 Starring four little animals that children will be quick to identify with, The Suitcase is a touching story about friendship and an excellent way to start conversations about how we respond to people we don't know and the importance of kindness.
A. A heartfelt picture book about creating a welcoming community for newcomers, wherever they are from; read aloud. These seemingly undistinguished possessions, stuffed into a worn-out suitcase, take on a riotously funny life of their own as Dovlatov inventories the circumstances under which he acquired them, occasioning a brilliant series of interconnected tales: A poplin shirt evokes the bittersweet story of a courtship and marriage, while a pair of boots.