by IBBY | Jun 6, 2020 | Book Review, Picture Book, Poetry, Translation
Everyone’s the smartest Book Details Everyone’s the smartestContra, illus. Ulla Saar, transl. Charlotte Geater, Kätlin Kaldmaa & Richard O’Brien. Birmingham: Emma Press, hb, 9 781 910 139 998, 2018, £10, 96pp.Poetry, picture book, translation, 7-11 years BACK TO...
by IBBY | Jun 6, 2020 | Book Review, Picture Book, Poetry, Translation
The book of clouds Book Details The book of cloudsJuris Kronbergs, illus. Anete Melece, transl. Māra Rozīte & Richard O’Brien. Birmingham: Emma Press, hb, 9 781 910 139 141, 2018, £10, 80pp.Poetry, picture book, translation, 7-11 years BACK TO REVIEWS This...
by IBBY | Jun 6, 2020 | Book Review, Picture Book, Poetry, Translation
Queen of seagulls Book Details Queen of seagullsR.B, transl. Elina Braslina. Birmingham: Emma Press, hb, 9 781 910 139 134, 2018, £10, 48pp.Poetry, picture book, translation, 7-11 years BACK TO REVIEWS This is a very welcome translation from the Latvian original, a...
by IBBY | Nov 11, 2018 | IBBYLink Autumn 2017
Poems with Crumpled Corners back to IBBYLink Autumn 2017 Santa Remere Named after an onomatopoetic poem by Latvian poet Jānis Baltvilks, the little Bikibuki or Bicki-Buck Books are so popular among the reading families of Latvia that ‘bicki- bucks’ has become almost a...
by IBBY | Nov 9, 2018 | IBBYLink Autumn 2017
Children’s Literature in Lativa back to IBBYLink Autumn 2017 Jaanika Palm 1. The publishing scene for young people in Latvia. In recent years 10–12 publishing houses have published some children’s literature every year. Around 17–20% of the published books are aimed...
