The Blue Wings Written by Jef Aerts Illustrated by Martijn van der Linden Originally published as by Querido, 2018 Translated from the original Dutch by Laura Watkinson Published by Levine Querido, 2020 ISBN: 9781646140084
You can buy a copy of The Blue Wings in English here*.
Reviews for The Blue Wings:
Publishers Weekly writes, “The brothers’ love and loyalty, as well as the newly blended family’s growing union, gives the story a strong emotional foundation.”
Awards:
Shortlisted for the 2021 Global Literature in Libraries Initiative Translated YA Book Prize
Jef Aerts is a Belgian author of children’s literature, novels and poetry. His timeless children’s books won several awards, including three Zilveren Griffels and the Book Lion, prize for the best children’s book in Dutch. Jef Aerts’ children’s and youth books have been translated and sold in 15 languages. He has three children and lives in a small farm with lots of animals.Kim Tyo-Dickerson, seen here visiting the Kinderboekenmuseum/Children’s Book Museum in The Hague, is the Upper School Librarian and Head of Libraries at the International School of Amsterdam. She was the guest editor for Global Literature in Libraries Initiative’s #WorldKidLitMonth in September of 2020 where she celebrated #DutchKidLit, the children’s literature of ‘the happiest children in the world (as measured by UNICEF). Kim has a Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS) from Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York, a Master of Arts in English and a Bachelor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. She is one of the founding members of the grassroots professional learning project International Teacher Librarians Lead (inTLlead) and is committed to world libraries, literatures, and literacies. Originally from United States, she has lived on three continents and worked in international school libraries for 16 years in both Europe and Africa. Kim’s languages include English, German, and Dutch. You can follow her on Twitter @kimtyodickerson.
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