Celebrations - Mack's World of Wonder

An informative book filled with fun facts. Celebrations close to home and further from home are shown in beautiful photographs and illustrations. For children ages 5 and up.

About the author

Mack (1960, the Netherlands) is a graphic designer and illustrator from The Netherlands. He was educated at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague. During his education he made funny and educational cartoons about, among others, penguins and whales. These cartoons were later bought by the 'Diergaarde Blijdorp'-zoo in Rotterdam. By now Mack is a regular illustrator at this animal park and he is the author of several children's books, in which animals often are the lead characters. Mack has a primitive way of drawing. He gets inspired by African art and the paintings of the Australian aboriginals. Both create an immense power by simplifying shapes. Mack wants to combine that powerful simplification with a subtle sense of humour. "In my books I try to teach children something in a funny way," Mack says. "If I draw a penguin, it doesn't matter to me that much how pretty he is or how good of an swimmer he is. What I want to show the most is how baggy he stands on the ice and how funny his walk is. That funny bagginess is what I try to catch in a couple of lines. Only when children can laugh about it, I think to myself: 'Yes, I did it'."

Product details

• Authors: Mack Van Gageldonk
• Assisted by: Mack van Gageldonk (Illustration)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 4 to 11
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.12.2015
• EAN: 9781605372495
• ISBN: 978-1-60537-249-5
• Weight: 567 g
• Series: World of Wonder
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Play, learning > Miscellaneous; JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / General, PICTURE BOOKS, ACTIVITY BOOKS & EARLY LEARNING MATERIAL, Holidays, events and seasonal interest, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, JUVENILE NONFICTION / Places / General