Frog and the Birdsong
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A01=Max Velthuijs
Author_Max Velthuijs
bereavement
Category=YBC
dealing with death
death
dying
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friendship
moving on
Product details
- ISBN 9781783441464
- Weight: 179g
- Dimensions: 240 x 275mm
- Publication Date: 02 Apr 2015
- Publisher: Andersen Press Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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One autumn day Frog discovers a blackbird lying motionless in the grass. Worried, he asks his friends what can be the matter. Very gently and simply, then animals begin to understand the meaning of death and the beauty of life in this moving story.
Max Velthuijs was born in The Hague in 1923, and died in 2005, aged 81. He is now considered to be one of Holland's most important creators of children's books, alongside Dick Bruna. He won several awards, including the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Medal 2004. He worked as an illustrator of posters, adverts and films after the war and only started working on children's books in the 1980s. He lived in The Hague with his son.
