Boy with a Suitcase

Xenia Kalogeropoulou, Mike Kenny

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978-960-16-7068-3

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Picture Books

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Boy with a Suitcase ENG (excerpt)

A young boy dreams of fairy tale adventures like the travels of Sinbad the Sailor. The journey that he will share with us, though, is quite different. Young Naz left his bombarded village and all by himself crossed deserts, snowy mountains, and frothing seas to reach Berlin, where he would finally reunite with his older brother. Through his innocent eyes we witness a moving yet, at times, funny story.

Based on the play by Mike Kenny.

AUTHOR

Xenia Kalogeropoulou

Mike Kenny

Xenia Kalogeropoulou was born in Athens and studied theatre in London at the R.A.D.A. She has played leading parts in more than 50 plays and 40 films. Since 1972 she has been running a theatre company called the MIKRI PORTA (The Little Door) which performs for young audiences and is generally considered as the most important Greek company in this field. She has translated 29 plays and has written 9 plays for children which met with great success. Since 1984 she is working in her own theatre Porta in Athens.

Mike Kenny is one of England’s leading writers, specialising in theatre for young people. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including an Olivier for Best Entertainment, and was included in the Independent on Sunday’s list of Top Ten Living UK Playwrights along with Harold Pinter and Tom Stoppard among others. He has written more than 40 plays which are performed regularly throughout the UK and all over the world. In his early years he trained as a teacher. Later he worked as an actor and finally devoted himself to writing plays for children and young people. He lives in York with his actress wife and their three sons.

ILLUSTRATOR

Vassilis Selimas

Vassilis Selimas was born in Agrinio, Greece. He studied painting at the School of Fine Arts of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (2003-2008). He participated in many group exhibitions and had two solo exhibitions, «Nostalgists» 2013 (Τhanassis Frissiras Gallery) and «Building 1» in 2015 (Vogiatzoglou Art Space). His work has been acquired by the Luciano Benetton Collection, Frissiras Museum and other private collections. He teaches painting and art lessons in various organizations as well as private schools. In 2016 he wrote and illustrated his first graphic novel, Nio, one little story.

www.selimas.com

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