Picture book / Ages 5+ / 40 pages / board book binding, round die-cut on spine / 14.7 x 24.3 cm / 22 €
November 2023
I miss
Anne-Margot Ramstein
A smart book by award-winning author Anne-Margot Ramstein on the emotional and sensuous power of childhood memories.
At the centre of each spread of this book, a round die-cut represents a missing element in the image, the anchor point of a memory introduced with the words “I miss”: the almighty sun, the buoy far-off from the beach, a wild guava fruit... These round shapes refer to the author’s childhood, spent on the island of La Réunion. But beyond the island, the winning marbles, the lollipops traded in the schoolyard, the cherry on top of an ice cream sundae are memories that belong to a universal childhood that lives in each and every one of us.
A stunning picture book where the regained time of childhood has the shape of a circle that every reader will fill with their own recollections.
Anne-Margot Ramstein
The author and illustrator
After spending her childhood on the island of La Réunion, Anne-Margot Ramstein flew to Paris to study art. A graduate in illustration from the École des Arts Décoratifs of Strasbourg, she published at Albin Michel Jeunesse Avant, Après (Bologna Ragazzi Award 2015, Non Fiction category), Dedans, Dehors (with Matthias Arégui), En forme ! and J’étais au pays d’Ava et Eve. At La Partie, she published in 2022 La Perle with Matthias Arégui. Her works are also published in the press (Le Monde, XXI, Libération, Le Tigre, Elle, etc.) and have been exhibited in Strasbourg, Boston and Philadelphia. She was a resident of the Villa Medici in Rome in 2015-2016. She lives in Strasbourg.
