BLOG TOUR SPOTLIGHT : Some Days by Maria Wernicke, translated by Lawrence Schimel
ABOUT THE BOOK
From an Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award nominee comes a touching story of family, security, and loss.
A young girl tells her mother about a passageway in their yard. Down this passageway, it is not cold, there is no danger, and nothing bad can ever happen—and the person she longs for is with her again. The only problem is that, on some days, the passageway is not there. But maybe, together, mother and daughter can find a way to carry that feeling with them always.
First published in Argentina, this lovely picture book will tug on the heartstrings of anyone who knows what it means to miss a loved one.
A young girl tells her mother about a passageway in their yard. Down this passageway, it is not cold, there is no danger, and nothing bad can ever happen—and the person she longs for is with her again. The only problem is that, on some days, the passageway is not there. But maybe, together, mother and daughter can find a way to carry that feeling with them always.
First published in Argentina, this lovely picture book will tug on the heartstrings of anyone who knows what it means to miss a loved one.
★“A gentle model for living while missing a loved one.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“This
brief, wistful exchange between a mother and her child delivers its
emotion between the lines, and Schimel’s translation handles the
understatement deftly…Wernicke shows the two twirled up in another set
of sheets, looking for the passageway together, in this portrait of a
parent who hears and honors her child’s words.” —Publishers Weekly
ABOUT THE AUTHOR/TRANSLATOR
MarÃa
Wernicke is an award-winning Argentinian author and illustrator of
children’s books. She is a 2020 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award nominee.
Her illustrations have been part of multiple international exhibits,
including at the Bratislava Biennial exhibition and the Bologna
Children’s Book Fair, among others. Learn more about the author at
www.maria wernicke.blogspot.
On Instagram: @wernicke_maria
Lawrence
Schimel is a bilingual author and translator, with more than one
hundred books to his credit. His children’s books have won a Crystal
Kite Award from the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators,
and have been selected for lists of outstanding titles by the
International Board on Books for Young People. His translated books
include Wanda GÃ g’s Millions of Cats and George Takei’s graphic novel They Called Us Enemy, among many others. He lives in Madrid, Spain.
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