Ciconia Ciconia tells the story of a stork who is forced to leave his home during the war and look for a new place to stay. After a true odyssey, the bird ends up in an Internet café where he spots his home village on a screen and is thus able to find his way back. The cheerful tempera illustrations of this picture book, show the world from a stork’s perspective in various shades of blue.
Author - award-winning illustrator Andrea Petrlik, Croatian candidate for the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2017 and 2018, 2019 and Hans Christian Andersen Award 2018.
AWARD: GRAND PRIX 2004, Japan, Oita Biennial of Illustrations
HARDBACK, 36 pp, 220x280 mm, full color illustrations
Rights sold: China, Italy, Slovenia, Japan, Germany
The White Ravens list 2004
