Bookbird 3 / 2022
EDITORIAL
Hans Christian Andersen Authors and Illustrators: Honoring the Past, Acknowledging the Present, Looking to the Future
by Janelle Mathis and Petros Panaou | 1
FEATURED ARTICLES
Marie-Aude Murail (France), 2022 Hans Christian Andersen Author Award Winner
“Humanity Breathes within Her”: Why Read and Reread Marie-Aude Murail Today
by Morgane Vasta, translated by Juliette Saumande | 3
An Interview with Marie-Aude Murail: Acknowledging the Invisible Ties That Connect Us
by Emmanuelle Kabala, translated by Jennifer Dewar | 13
Suzy Lee (Korea), 2022 Hans Christian Andersen Illustrator Award Winner
2022 HCA Award Winner, Suzy Lee: The Book as a Wonderland
by Jiwone Lee | 20
Creating Stories within and between Pictures: An Interview with Suzy Lee, Hans Christian Andersen Award Winner for Illustration
by Shim Hyang-boon, translated by Soyean Ahn | 28
2022 Hans Christian Andersen Author Finalists
ARGENTINA
María Cristina Ramos, a Patagonian Voice
by Cecilia Repetti, translated by María S. Rizzo | 33
AUSTRALIA
Master of Her Craft: Margaret Wild
by Robyn Sheahan-Bright | 38
LEBANON
Fatima Sharafeddine: Creativity, Humor, Thoughtfulness, and Honesty
by Shereen Kreidieh | 44
SLOVENIA
From Communicative Minimum to Intertextuality and Symbolism: Peter Svetina’s Children’s Literature
by Igor Saksida | 47
SWEDEN
Annika Thor and the Journeys of Being Lost
by Chrysogonus Siddha Malilang and Alexander Brauer | 53
2022 Hans Christian Andersen Illustrator Finalists
ARGENTINA
Holding Gusti’s Hand
by Ana Emilia Silva, translated by Stella M. Rizzo | 58
CANADA
Sydney Smith: Listening
by Deirdre Baker | 62
ITALY
Beatrice Alemagna: “A Painter and a Writer of Stories”
by Anna Becchi | 67
JAPAN
The Picturebooks of Ryoji Arai: A World Shared with Children
by Yukiko Hiromatsu, translated by Deborah Iwabuchi | 72
POLAND
Still Life of Fabrics: Silence, Memory, and Materiality in Iwona Chmielewska’s Picturebooks
byAnitaWincencjusz-Patyna | 76
FOCUS IBBY
by Liz Page | 81
BOOKS ON BOOKS
edited by Jutta Reusch—International Youth Library
Chasing Mythical Beasts: The Reception of Ancient Monsters in Children’s and Young Adults’ Culture (Review)
by Luisa Spang | 87
POSTCARDS
edited by Barbara Lehman | 12, 19, 32, 66, & 88
