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I am life

Title:

I am life

Author:

Larsen, Elisabeth Helland, author.

Schneider, Marine, illustrator.

Hedger, Rosie, translator.

Summary:

"Life is in all things; personified as an unassuming yet enchanting creature, Life visits flowers, animals, and humans with her gifts of energy and positivity. A pink-winged creature flies across each page; Life is present within all things. The pastel-colored protagonist befriends and animates every living being from bees that pollinate spring flowers to turtles that live under the sea to grandparents who impart wise words. Whether short or long, Life is always present. A sensitive story that answers many childhood questions, I am Life is the lovingly crafted complementary volume to Life and I, a Little Gestalten favorite. As Life and I addressed themes of loss, I am Life embarks on a colorful journey about Life's magic and the never-ending search for the meaning of life" -- Provided by Amazon.

General Note:

Translation from Norwegian.

Translation of: Jeg er Livet.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Genre:

Picture books.

Subject Term:

Life -- Juvenile fiction.

Death -- Juvenile fiction.

Author(s):

Schneider, Marine,

Hedger, Rosie,

Publisher:

Little Gestalten,

Publication Date:

2017

ISBN:

9783899557930

Publication Information:

Berlin : Little Gestalten, 2017.

Call Number:

P LARSEN

Holds: Copies:

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Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
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Life is in all things; personified as an unassuming yet enchanting creature, Life visits flowers, animals, and humans with her gifts of energy and positivity. A pink-winged creature flies across each page; Life is present within all things. The pastel-colored protagonist befriends and animates every living being from bees that pollinate spring flowers to turtles that live under the sea to grandparents who impart wise words. Whether short or long, Life is always present. A sensitive story that answers many childhood questions, I am Life is the lovingly crafted complementary volume to Life and I, a Little Gestalten favorite. As Life and I addressed themes of loss, I am Life embarks on a colorful journey about Life's magic and the never-ending search for the meaning of life.

Author Notes

A native of Norway, Elisabeth Helland Larsen studied theatre in Paris at the #65533;cole Internationale de Th#65533;#65533;tre Jacques Lecoq and children's literature in Oslo at the Norsk Barnebokinstitutt. She has worked as a clown for more than 20 years in hospitals and hospices, as well as refugee camps, circuses, and theaters.

Reviews (1)

School Library Journal Review

Gr 1-3-This Norwegian import, companion title to the creators' first collaboration, Life and I: a Story About Death, is even more beautiful and immediately relatable. Inside, readers find Death's counterpart, Life, represented as an attentive, playful, orange bird child. He can grow to embrace an entire forest and on the next page shrink to fly "alongside insects that live for no longer than a single hour." He places his "hand on every mother's growing tummy" and whenever he appears with his tiny heart-shaped smile, he is fully present, a rare find in our busy world. Hedger's translation sings with alliteration and never feels clumsy. Even short phrases can be pulled out for closer examination in class. Schneider lays on thick rich watercolor for soil, fur, and bark and then ever-so-lightly uses colored pencils to draw in the wings of a butterfly or colors of coral, angel fish, sea horses, and mollusks, or the mushrooms growing from the rings on a tree stump. VERDICT A lyrical selection for those who ponder life's existential meaning and ask the big questions. Recommended for collections both large and small.-Kristy Kilfoyle, Canterbury School, Fort Myers, FL © Copyright 2017. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.