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Originally published in France by âEditions Frimousse in 2015 under title: La lumiáere allumâee.
About the author
A former student of visual arts,
Richard Marnier is a writer and an artist. In his work, he mixes sculptures, drawings, and design with the conventions of writing and visual arts. Adept at children's stories, he has published several books with the Seuil Jeunesse publisher, Les P'tits Bérets Édition, Frimousse Edition, and Edition du Rouergue.
A former student of the prestigious Ecole des Arts Appliqués and the Ecoles des Arts Décoratifs of Strasbourg,
Aude Maurel has collaborated with Franco-German TV channel Arte. From animated film to still images and illustrations, she now creates her own children books, sometimes collaborating with her partner, author Richard Marnier. Aude likes to assemble words together, end to end, turning them into necklaces. She has thousands of stories to tell, some of which will become illustrated books.
Emma Ramadan is a literary translator based in Providence, RI, where she will soon be opening Riffraff, a bookstore and bar. She is the recipient of an NEA Translation Fellowship, a PEN/Heim grant, and a Fulbright scholarship.
Summary
A captivating picture book about creativity and diversity, in which a stranger moves to a city without surprises, and everything is turned upside down when he breaks the rules.
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“A picture-book ode to the power of creative nonconformity, Who Left the Light On? achieves a rare trifecta: a loosely rhyming book in translation with brilliant illustrations. Mix in important themes—embracing diversity and expressing oneself—add a huge dollop of whimsy, and you have the ingredients to this charming tale. But the sum of the parts is considerably more than just that.”
—Nanette McGuinness, Global Literature in Libraries Initiative
