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Skeleton in the Cupboard and Other Stories (The)
by Lilija Berzinska
Age Range: 9-11
In these nine atmospheric modern-day fables, Latvian author, translator and illustrator Lilija Berzinska features a community of strange creatures who inhabit the Livonian coast, in the north of Latvia. Here you will meet Spendthrift, who is desperate to impress her friends; Hare, who prepares buttercup tea for his friend (and prisoner) Wolf; Semi Limosa, a bird who believes something is missing because she is only ‘semi’ Limosa and not whole, and then there’s Squishbod, who keeps something very strange in his cupboard!
These surreal thought-provoking stories, translated by Žanete Vēvere Pasqualini and Sara Smith, follow the preoccupations, desires and anxieties of a variety of unusual creatures. Permeated with humour and empathy as well as wisdom which is often provided in the solution to a crisis, such as the kindly Octopus’ who tells Semi Limosa “You are a complete Limosa and should stop searching for some lost part of yourself. You are who you are.”
Berzinska’s lovely imaginative tales with her fine black and white pen and ink drawings imbue a gentle nostalgia and were inspired by her love for the Livonian coast, forests and nature. Whilst each story has a simple pretext, it belies its complexities as the magical element is carefully intertwined with a dose of reality showing her characters as they navigate their emotions, fears and dreams.
A gorgeous book to be dipped into again and again.
Berzinska won the 2019 Latvian Literary Award of the Year (Children’s Category).






























































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































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