Book Descriptions
for Surprise by Mies Van Hout
From The United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY)
The complex and emotional world of anticipating, planning, parenting and raising children artfully depicted by colorful bird representations. Surprise (following Happy and Friends) provides another wonderous chalklike, kaleidoscope printed canvas from Van Hout. Children and adults alike will enjoy following the journey from yearning to letting go.
2015 United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) Outstanding International Books List.
Author lives in the Netherlands.
Dutch. Originally published in Netherlands as Verrassing by Lemniscaat Rotterdam in 2013. English translation published in the United States by Lemniscaat USA in 2014.
© USBBY, 2022. Used with permission.
From the Publisher
The anticipation, joy, challenges and rewards of parenthood, captured by Happy artist Mies van Hout.
From longing and expecting, via marvelling and nursing, to listening and eventually letting go – Mies van Hout has created a picture book that will conjure a lasting smile on the face of every parent and parent-to-be.
Just as fish expressed the emotions of Happy and monsters big and small portrayed the stages of Friends, Mies van Hout's birds of wonder convey the journey of parenthood with colorful exuberance.
From longing and expecting, via marvelling and nursing, to listening and eventually letting go – Mies van Hout has created a picture book that will conjure a lasting smile on the face of every parent and parent-to-be.
Just as fish expressed the emotions of Happy and monsters big and small portrayed the stages of Friends, Mies van Hout's birds of wonder convey the journey of parenthood with colorful exuberance.
Publisher description retrieved from Google Books.
