PICTURE BOOKS FOR AGES 10–14 YEARS
THE ZAPATA BROTHERS Cat brothers Blackboot (a staunch outdoor cat) and Whitetache (a staunch indoor cat) lose their provider one day and have to venture out into the world to fend for themselves. They have a strenuous journey full of sorrow, love, friendship, corruption and music ahead of them.
AUTHOR:
TORGEIR REBOLLEDO PEDERSEN TITLE ENGLISH:
Brødrene Zapata is an unparalleled picture book. A revolutionary and educational journey through a dangerous yet alluring Mexican desert landscape.
THE ZAPATA BROTHERS TITLE NORWEGIAN:
BRØDRENE ZAPATA ILLUSTRATED BY:
LILIAN BRØGGER
‘Playful, cheery and wonderful ... It is like a dramatic song of destiny, a kind of polyphonic fado about the struggle for existence. ... The story is witty with a lot of rhyming and wordplay. But the book is also a loving salute to Mexican national hero Zapata, to revolutionary singers of the past and to people living under violent regimes. ... Rebolledo Pedersen and Brøgger are two storytellers who work exceptionally well together.’
FORMAT:
248x272 mm / 104 pages RIGHTS SOLD TO:
DENMARK (Turbine)
DAGBLADET
‘The text is written in rhyme with lines interspersed across illustrated spreads. ... Around these, illustrator Lilian Brøgger has really been allowed free reign with her expressive felt tip drawings. She zooms in and out, from intrusive close-ups to small details. ... In important places in the book, the black cat White Tache needs to relate to important human problems. The poetry is beautiful when he tries to understand his brother's death, and the final moral when he sums up his own destiny is very powerful...’ BARNEBOKKRITIKK.NO
Torgeir Rebolledo Pedersen (1949–) studied architecture and has published
a number of poetry collections, the latest being Erfaring og Forsvinning in 2010. His first children's book was entitled God natt lille abbor and was published in 2006.
Lilian Brøgger (1950–) is a highly regarded Danish illustrator, who has specialised in picture books. Between 1967 and 1972, she trained at the Art & Crafts College in Copenhagen. Brøgger has been awarded several prizes for her work. The picture book Glassklokken was her first book to be published in Norway.
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