Forever near

Elvis Peeters, illustrations Yule Hermans

Poetic illustrations by young talent Yule Hermans Accompanied by a powerful text on loss and grief A story that offers warmth and comfort

Yule’s face has many freckles. Under her eyes, on her nose, and on her cheeks. A starry sky, mom says. Mom has freckles too.

Each night Yule and mom look for freckles on each other’s faces and make shapes with them. This is how it goes, every single night.

Until everything suddenly changes and mom isn’t there anymore.

320 x 240 mm | 48 pages | 1,000 words full colour illustrations | hardcover age group: 5+ | all rights available

In 1992 Elvis Peeters published his first bundle of stories. Since then he’s been writing novels, plays, radio plays and children’s books, etc. For Mr Paper and His Girl (Meneer Papier en zijn meisje) he received a Zilveren Griffel award. Yule Hermans is a young illustrator. With her illustrations she tells short stories. Yule follows her instincts, creating attractive and poetic images. Forever near is inspired by her personal story.

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