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2020 Crystal Kite Winners
Michael Meister created over 150 illustrations for this book.
Swisstory: The amazing, bloody and utterly true history of Switzerland
By Laurie Theurer and Michael Meister
Published by Bergli books
Translated from the English by Gerlinde Schermer-Rauwolf and Robert A. Weiss.
Here finally comes the true story of Switzerland for clever children and everyone who has remained children at heart: We learn how dukes were sneakily slaughtered by peasants and how innocent 'witches' were hanged. It's about buried gold, female climbers, and of course murderous cows. ‹Swisstory› does not tell fictional stories about Heidi and Wilhelm Tell, but the Swiss story from the mountain people of bygone times to women's suffrage. It is witty illustrated by the Swiss artist and king of editions Michael Meister (“ The Big Monster Book of Switzerland ”). ‹Swisstory› is monstrous, captivating, gruesome - and utterly true!
For children from 9 to 99.
In German and English edition.
AWARDS
2020 Crystal Kite Winners
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Virginia Mori
Illustrator
Italy
Mary Haasdyk Vooys
Illustrator
Canada
Michael Meister
Illustrator, IllustrationZone
Switzerland