Children's Books · Hardback

Hide-and-Seek

Norwegian title: Gjemsel

Xueting Yang

Gjemsel is about playing hide-and-seek, but the subtext is a story of loss and of working through grief.Through the game we see a child's fumbling attempt to understand and talk about a major loss, and a father's equally fumbling attempts to support the child.Xueting Yang came from China to Norway as an art student, and quickly made her mark by winning the Culture Department's Prize for cartoon series. Her poetic language and characteristic illustrations are distinguishing her as a new voice in the picturebook genre.

'Hide-and-Seek is a sad, beautiful and poetic picture-book. Browsing through it, both young and old will catch a sprinkle of magic from the text and illustrations.'

TØNSBERG OG NØTTERØY BIBLIOTEK

'A consistently beautiful picture book'

BARNEBOKKRITIKK.NO