The Day My Father Became a Bush
by Joke Van Leeuwen (Gecko Press) has just received a starred review in Kirkus
Reviews ahead of its release in the US.
The review
says it is a “brilliant, eerily engrossing evocation of war as it brushes up
against youth”.
The Day
My Father Became a Bush is clear-eyed and off-beat illustrated novel about a girl surviving in
a baffling world at war. The author, Joke Van Leeuwen, is one of the top
children’s writers in the Netherlands. She has won many awards, including the
prestigious Theo Thijssen Prize, the triennial Dutch State Prize for youth
literature.
The book was translated by Christchurch, New Zealand-based Bill
Nagelkerke, a writer, librarian, reviewer, and former member of the
international jury for the Hans Christian Andersen Awards. He won the
Storylines Margaret Mahy Award in 2013 for his significant contribution to
children’s literature and literacy.
Read the
full Kirkus review online here: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/joke-van-leeuwen/day-my-father-became-bush/
See the
book at Gecko Press online: http://www.geckopress.co.nz/ProductDetail.aspx?categoryid=142&productid=408
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