"Kamoliņš und kastīte" - illustrated book published for younger readers / Article

In the joint work of the writer Inese Zanderes and the artist Ernests Kļaviņš “A ball and a box”, two “geometric heroes” – Circle and Rectangle play like two children. Their game, in which both try to outdo each other a little, involves the whole world around them, because both friends see these figures – circle and rectangle – in various objects and even in such a “non-geometric” creature like a cat. Together with them, children too can gain this knowledge of the world, and continue it themselves, by observing, studying and imitating the things around them.

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Graphic designer Artis Briedis created the shape of the book, keeping in mind that it is intended for younger readers: the book has a comfortable size for small hands, rounded corners and thicker paper for the inside pages.

Inese Zandere is one of the most experienced authors of children’s literature, who knows how to choose topics that are important for the development of children and embody them in bright images (for example, books, animated films and the developmental book project “Rags”, collections of poems dedicated to childhood health and safety “Lize Analize” (received LALIGABA 2004) and “Berns kas neikrita”, the touching story of death and memories of one person “Two Almas” (nomination LALIGABA 2021) etc.

Artist Ernests Kļaviņš is widely known for his drawings and cartoons in the Latvian press, previously in the newspaper “Diena”, now in the weekly “Ir”, but his art also includes painting, animation, computer graphics, sculpture and experiments in techniques. In illustrating children’s books, Ernests Kļaviņš knows how to use color, line, wit and surprise in an equally brilliant and playful way. Recently the publishing house “Liels und mazs” also published her collection of illustrated poems “Pans Trallalnieks” by Juliana Tuvim, translated from the Polish language by Māras Salej.