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Anette Bley
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| And What Comes After Thousand? |
| Und was kommt nach tausend? |
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• An exceptional story that will warm the hearts of people of all ages
• A sensitively related story about children's curiosity and inhibition regarding life, and death
• The story helps children come to terms with the death of someone they love |
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Otto counts, "ONE for Lisa. There's only one of her!" "TWO for two emergency cookies", Lisa counts, "and THREE for the three most important days of the year: my birthday, your birthday, and Christmas!"
Otto knows everything about the garden: how grass turns into compost, how whole trees grow out of the tiniest seed, and what color the bees' honey will be. "How many stars are there, do you think?" Lisa wants to know. "A thousand," says Otto, "or even more." "And what comes after a thousand?" "Thousand and one, thousand and two, thousand and three ... numbers never end." "And where do the numbers come from?" "I think they're just inside of us."
Then Otto dies, and Lisa talks with him one more time about life and where things come from and what happens after this life. After Otto's death Lisa is sad and angry and feels like he has abandoned her. But then she understands that it's just like the numbers. He is still there for her, just inside her heart. And just like the numbers this will never end... |
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The Illustrator: |
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Anette Bley studied painting, drawing and graphic design in the USA and Germany, earning her degree as a master student of Robin Page in Munich in 1996. She also has training in "active and spontaneous learning" according to the Montessori approach to education. In addition to freelance sculpting, Anette Bley writes and illustrates books for children and youth and holds workshops and courses on book illustration. |
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Brazil, Canada, Denmark, France, Italy, Japan, Korea, Spain (Catalan and Spanish), USA |
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