The Visitor - Antje Damm

The Visitor

By: Antje Damm, Sally-Ann Spencer (Translator)

Paperback | 20 May 2019

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A story about friendship and shyness, full of light and colour, that plays out in a mini theatre

Elise was frightened—of spiders, people, even trees. So she never went out, night or day. One day a strange thing flies in through the window and lands at her feet. And then there comes a knock at the door.

Elise has a visitor who will change everything. This is a gentle, sympathetic story about a child who unwittingly brings light and colour—literally—into a lonely person’s life.

Book Features:
  • Three times prize winner, including Leipzig Book Fair children’s choice award, Nimmerland picture book award, 2nd prize Troisdorf award
  • Unique artwork with a doll’s house appeal
  • Damm’s previous book Ask Me! has been translated into twelve languages and sold more than 170,000 copies around the world
About the Author-Illustrator

Antje Damm is a celebrated children’s writer and illustrator. Born in 1965 in Wiesbaden, Germany, she now lives with her husband and four children near Giessen. She has worked as an architect and has written and illustrated over a dozen books for children.
Industry Reviews
"In Antje Damm's remarkable "The Visitor," a boy rushes into a lonely woman's black-and-white 3-D collage world, bringing an explosion of color, light and life." -- The 2018 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Books
"The miniature sepia scenes of her house, filled with cardboard furniture, are gradually brought to life by washes of colour as her small visitor begins to dispel Elise's anxious loneliness." -- Best new picture books, The Guardian
"Gorgeous in pictures & words, this is a terrific read-aloud selection & a great story to spark conversation." -- School Library Journal, Starred Review
"In Antje Damm's remarkable "The Visitor," a boy rushes into a lonely woman's black-and-white 3-D collage world, bringing an explosion of color, light and life." -- The 2018 New York Times/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Books
"The miniature sepia scenes of her house, filled with cardboard furniture, are gradually brought to life by washes of colour as her small visitor begins to dispel Elise's anxious loneliness." -- Best new picture books, The Guardian
"Gorgeous in pictures & words, this is a terrific read-aloud selection & a great story to spark conversation." -- School Library Journal, Starred Review

Other Editions and Formats

Hardcover

Published: 1st August 2018

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