Kilaka, John
Der wunderbare Baum
A picture book from Tanzania
Translated from English by Barbara Brennwald
NordSüd Verlag, Zürich, 2009
32 pages, CHF 24.80 / EUR 13,90
ISBN 978-3-314-01692-9
ages 4 and up
Original edition
English Issue:
Kilaka, John
The Amazing Tree
North-South-Books, New York, 2009
32 pages, CHF 25.00 / EUR 14,90
ISBN 978-0-7358-2254-2
ages 4 and up
The land is dry, the juicy fruits on the tree are too high up for the animals to reach. Even strong elephant and tall giraffe cannot help. Then bunny has an idea: Maybe wise turtoise could help. Good idea. But stop – this task is for the big ones. Old elephant, tall giraffe and strong lion, however, come back empty-handed each time …
John Kilaka has retold and illustrated this traditional African story in the Tingatinga style.
Der wunderbare Baum
A picture book from Tanzania
Translated from English by Barbara Brennwald
NordSüd Verlag, Zürich, 2009
32 pages, CHF 24.80 / EUR 13,90
ISBN 978-3-314-01692-9
ages 4 and up
Original edition
English Issue:
Kilaka, John
The Amazing Tree
North-South-Books, New York, 2009
32 pages, CHF 25.00 / EUR 14,90
ISBN 978-0-7358-2254-2
ages 4 and up
The land is dry, the juicy fruits on the tree are too high up for the animals to reach. Even strong elephant and tall giraffe cannot help. Then bunny has an idea: Maybe wise turtoise could help. Good idea. But stop – this task is for the big ones. Old elephant, tall giraffe and strong lion, however, come back empty-handed each time …
John Kilaka has retold and illustrated this traditional African story in the Tingatinga style.
The author
John Kilaka was born in the southwest of Tanzania in 1966. Already as a boy he was very interested in painting: as a child he was doing sketches in the sand; when he started school he made funny drawings on the black board, what enjoyed the ohter pupils but disturbed the teacher. At the age of twenty he moved to Dar es Salaam to study the art of tingatinga painting. Today John Kilaka is one of the most important representants of tingatinga art. «Frische Fische» is his first picture book.
Please visit also John Kilaka's Website: www.kilaka.com
More about tingatinga artists: www.tingatinga.ch
John Kilaka's other books in the Baobab Series:
Frische Fische [Fresh fish]
Gute Freunde [True friends]
Please visit also John Kilaka's Website: www.kilaka.com
More about tingatinga artists: www.tingatinga.ch
John Kilaka's other books in the Baobab Series:
Frische Fische [Fresh fish]
Gute Freunde [True friends]
