Illustration by Yani Hamdy
Heinz Janisch (Text) & Michaela Weiss (Illustration)
Gazelle
A poetic book about the imagination as a form of self-empowerment
Both book and author have won multiple awards, including the Austrian Children’s and Youth Book Award 2025
Publisher
Bibliothek der Provinz
ISBN
978-3-99126-106-3
Format
22,5 × 18,5 cm
Pages
32
Original title
Gazelle
Publishing date
2024
Price
€ 18,–
Genre
Fiction
What animal would you like to be able to change into?
When Lioba is sad, she sometimes transforms into a gazelle.
Her sadness slips away in a single motion, like a cloak of grey dust.
"Look, a gazelle!" the children cry.
They marvel, rejoice, and move on.
A poetic text about children's imagination. In verse, the author explores magical thinking in the emotional lives of young people.
What animal would you like to be able to change into?
When Lioba is sad, she sometimes transforms into a gazelle.
Her sadness slips away in a single motion, like a cloak of grey dust.
"Look, a gazelle!" the children cry.
They marvel, rejoice, and move on.
A poetic text about children's imagination. In verse, the author explores magical thinking in the emotional lives of young people.
What animal would you like to be able to change into?
When Lioba is sad, she sometimes transforms into a gazelle.
Her sadness slips away in a single motion, like a cloak of grey dust.
"Look, a gazelle!" the children cry.
They marvel, rejoice, and move on.
A poetic text about children's imagination. In verse, the author explores magical thinking in the emotional lives of young people.
A poetic book about the imagination as a form of self-empowerment
Both book and author have won multiple awards, including the Austrian Children’s and Youth Book Award 2025
Publisher
Bibliothek der Provinz
ISBN
978-3-99126-106-3
Publishing date
2024
Format
22,5 × 18,5 cm
Price
€ 18,–
Genre
Fiction
Pages
32
Original title
Gazelle
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Bibliothek der Provinz
Gazelle
Heinz Janisch (Text) & Michaela Weiss (Illustration)
What animal would you like to be able to change into?
When Lioba is sad, she sometimes transforms into a gazelle.
Her sadness slips away in a single motion, like a cloak of grey dust.
"Look, a gazelle!" the children cry.
They marvel, rejoice, and move on.
A poetic text about children's imagination. In verse, the author explores magical thinking in the emotional lives of young people.