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Tortot, The Cold Fish Who Lost His World and Found His Heart

Hardback

Main Details

Title Tortot, The Cold Fish Who Lost His World and Found His Heart
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Benny Lindelauf
Illustrated by Ludwig Volbeda
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:240
Dimensions(mm): Height 187,Width 220
ISBN/Barcode 9781782691549
ClassificationsDewey:839.3137
Audience
Children / Juvenile

Publishing Details

Publisher Pushkin Children's Books
Imprint Pushkin Children's Books
Publication Date 2 November 2017
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Tortot is a cold-hearted field cook who goes off to war. Soldiers drop like flies around him but Tortot just doesn't care. Until, that is, he finds a deserter in his kitchen: a boy who has lost his brothers and his legs in battle. Tortot feels no real sympathy for him, but decides to shelter him for one night. It's a decision that will change him for ever...

Author Biography

Benny Lindelauf is a multi-award-winning Dutch children's book author whose books have been translated into six languages. He also teaches creative writing to adults and children. Ludwig Volbeda (1990), is a Dutch illustrator based in Amsterdam. Tortot, The Cold Fish Who Lost His World and Found His Heart is the first children's book he has illustrated and it won a nomination for the BoekenPauw prize for best illustrated children's book.

Reviews

A timeless and ageless parable about the absurdity of war De Standaard Imbued with that tradition of storytelling, of tales you really wish were true De Volkskrant (five stars)