The Holiday Blexbolex
TITLE INFORMATION Blexbolex is a French comics artist and illustrator living in Berlin. Born Bernard Granger, he trained as a painter, and studied screen printing at the School of Fine Arts in Angoulême, France. He is renowned throughout the world and has been nominated for the German Youth Literature Prize.
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For ages 3 to infinity A stunning book from a master illustrator that evokes the scent of summer and the complications of friendship WHY I CHOSE THIS BOOK
“Blexbolex creates books for everybody that compel us to keep coming back, to read again and again and again. He is an absolute master” Julia Marshall, Publisher Sales points
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Award-winning French artist
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Exquisite production—hardcover with linen spine, printed in 4c PMS
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For the art/design book market as well as for children; from toddlers to teenagers to art-lovers
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Seasons received international acclaim, and was selected as a 2012 New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Book of the Year
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People received the “Best Book Design of the World” at the Leipzig Book Fair in 2008
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The summer holidays were here. I had the garden, the fields, the lake and the sun—all to myself! And then Grandfather brought something home that tipped everything out of balance ... about gecko press HB $34.99 978-1-877467-62-2
Ages 3 to infinity
HB w/dustjacket $37.99 978-1-877467-78-3
215 mm x 155mm 128 pages
Hardback w/quarter binding Origin: France
$39.99 978-1-776571-93-2
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