LoveReading4Kids Says
LoveReading4Kids Says
Shortlisted for the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2018 | Longlisted for the UKLA 2018 Book Award
With its dedication, ‘For a united world …’, Britta Teckentrup’s new picture book is a celebration of the things that bring us all together. ‘Wherever we are’ reads the text, ‘we live under the same sky, feel the same love, play the same games, and dream the same dreams’. These short lines are cleverly highlighted in peek-through shapes that link the different pages together and each spread depicts animal families across the world. Teckentrup’s textured collage style illustrations are extraordinarily beautiful and create a real sense of calm, togetherness and hope. With a vital message of unity and friendship, this is an important and moving book to share with children.
Andrea Reece
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Under the Same Sky Synopsis
We sing the same songs, caught on the breeze...We sing the same songs, across the same seas.
Dedicated to a united world, Under the Same Sky is a gorgeous peep-through picture book that uses the animal kingdom to explore the closeness of communities through their shared hopes and dreams.
Through simplistic rhyming text Teckentrup takes the reader through a story of unity. From penguins seeking solace together to rabbits playing in the meadow, deer frolicking in the fields and flamingos sheltering from the storm. Teckentrup’s beautiful collaging techniques bring the animals and their environments to life and reiterates to the reader that despite our differences we all live in this world together.
Teckentrup is one of the most innovative picture book artists working today. Her intricate collage style is striking, original and perfectly brings to life the simple message of unity.
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781848575868 |
| Publication date: |
4th May 2017 |
| Author: |
Britta Teckentrup |
| Illustrator: |
Britta Teckentrup |
| Publisher: |
Caterpillar Books Ltd an imprint of Little Tiger Press Group |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Pagination: |
32 pages |
| Suitable For: |
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Press Reviews
Britta Teckentrup Press Reviews
“I'm a fan of her peek-through picture books, and this is a particularly beautiful celebration of the animal kingdom, and of shared hopes and dreams.” – Fiona Noble, The Bookseller
Praise for Bee:
“This is one of the most beautifully illustrated and inked books for young children we've seen this year.”
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“A lushly designed narrative non-fiction picture book” The Bookseller
“A gorgeous book about the wonderment of bees and pollination told in simple rhymes and delicately illustrated by the multi-talented Teckentrup” Huffington Post
“Bee is a celebration of one of nature's most important insects - and one we desperately need to protect for future generations.” Evening Telegraph
“The pages of this vibrant peep through book opens up into a bouqet of brilliance that will entrance as you follow them from flower to flower.” South Wales Evening Post
“An ode to the humble yet formidable Bee, this peek-through picture book magically brings the story of a bee to life through a rhyming lyrical text and will engage readers young and old.” RTE Junior
“Beautifully-illustrated peep-through picture book” Words for Life
“Truly bee-utiful” Armadillo Magazine
Author
About Britta Teckentrup
Britta Teckentrup is an award winning illustrator, author and fine artist. She was born in Hamburg and grew up in a city called Wuppertal.
She moved to London in 1988 to study illustration and fine art at St Martin's College and the Royal College of Art. Her awards include a nomination for the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis and two Special Mention at the Bologna Ragazzi Award for 'Alle Wetter' and 'The Egg'.
'Don't Wake Up Tiger' was Dutch picture book of the year 2018 and 'Under the Same Sky' on the shortlist for the Kate Greenaway Award.
Britta has been invited to give workshops at The Edinburgh Book Festival, Hay Festival, Bath Festival and Ilustratour and her fine art work has been frequently exhibited at her London gallery and at art fairs all over the world. You can listen to an interview on Deutschlandfunk here.
Since 1993 Britta has written and illustrated over 100 picture books which have been translated into 25 different languages.
After 17 years in the UK - Britta now lives and works in Berlin with her Scottish husband and their son Vincent.
Follow Britta on Instagram here.
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