![]() Like Otto Goes North this is a story of meaning, that inspires our hearts and minds. It seems she has a story that’s worth sharing. The writer’s gorgeous dioramas reveal Elise’s life suddenly with this new gaze they come alive with meaning, and for Elise also. It is as though the building light and dawning colour suggest happiness- such a change of mood! It seems that Elise’s visitor’s curiosity about what he sees directs our interest too. The visitor by Antje Damm, 2018, Gecko Press edition, in English. We see the colours and then the curiosity that grows with this intruder’s entrance… Antje Damm‘s picture book offers accessible opportunity to infer Elise’s inner story and then the changes we see. Thereafter, with somebody penetrating her hideaway life, something leaks in. Elise’s fears have made her fade into her setting. ![]() And then there comes a knock at her door. One day a strange thing flies in through the window and lands at her feet. Read AloudThe Visitor By Antje Damm - YouTube Read AloudThe Visitor By Antje Damm Mr.Bookman 644 subscribers Subscribe Share 1.7K views 3 years ago Kidsbooksreadaloud TheVisitor Read. However what might the dart through the window foretell? Might it be a knock at a door? Then again, what does The Visitor want with Elise? Could it be more than retrieving a paper toy? What will happen if Elise allows this stranger to pass through the door into her domain? It seems that we watch the sepia tones weep away with that knock of the door. 'Elise is scared of everything - spiders, people, even trees. She is hidden in a lifeless, shadowed world of foreboding. ![]() ![]() (Gecko Press) The Visitor makes his presence known first through a blue paper dart. ![]()
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