Landis Blair Bücher

Ein engagiertes Plädoyer für die Schönheit der Kulte, sinnhaftes Trauern und die Rückeroberung von Ritualen, die Geborgenheit vermitteln. Die Bestatterin Caitlin Doughty, eine vertrauenswürdige Begleiterin durch die Welt des Todes, bringt uns zum Lachen und fasziniert mit ihrer Erkundung unserer Angst vor dem Tod. Sie besucht verschiedene Kulturen, um zu lernen, wie diese mit Tod und Trauer umgehen. In Indonesien trifft sie einen Mann, der mit dem mumifizierten Körper seines Großvaters lebt, und in Japan verfolgt sie eine Zeremonie, bei der Angehörige die Knochen des Verstorbenen aus der Verbrennungsasche lesen. In Mexiko erforscht sie den »Tag der Toten« und stellt augenzwinkernd Alternativen wie die Öko-Bestattung vor. Doughty hinterfragt, ob unsere westlichen Riten ausreichend Raum für angemessene Trauer lassen. Dieses außergewöhnliche Werk zeigt die Vielfalt des Umgangs mit Sterblichkeit und ist ein eindringliches Plädoyer dafür, dem Tod wieder mit mehr Würde zu begegnen. Ausgezeichnet mit dem ITB Buch Award.

Eight gleefully macabre rhyming vignettes by an award-winning comics artist, as delightful as they are deadly. Inspired by the dark imagination of Edward Gorey, Envious Siblings is a twisted and hauntingly funny debut. Comics artist Landis Blair interweaves absurdist horror and humor into brief, rhyming vignettes at once transgressive and hilarious. In Blair’s surreal universe, a lost child watches as bewhiskered monsters gobble up her fellow train passengers; a band of kids merrily plays a gut-churning game with playground toys; and two sisters, grinning madly, tear each other apart. These charmingly perverse creations take ordinary settings—a living room, a subway car, a playground—and spin them in a nightmarish direction. Envious Siblings heralds a brilliant new cartooning talent, and will captivate readers who have thrilled to the lurid fantasies of Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake, Charles Addams, Shel Silverstein, and Tim Burton.

A boy struggling to fall asleep peeks beneath his covers to find a world filled with nighttime adventures under a starry, tented sky. Watson is having trouble sleeping. He lies awake at night, doing his best not to think about the lurking, creeping things that might be hiding in his closet or under his bed. But the more he tries, the harder it gets. Then he notices a mysterious light coming from under his covers. When he takes a pee­k he discovers a beautiful, tented night sky full of twinkling stars. And because he isn’t sleepy, he follows a path the stars show him. It leads him through a forest and onto an adventure that includes friendly creatures and a magical trolly ride to a tiny island with a very tall tower—and finally, sleep. Landis Blair is the author and illustrator of The Envious Siblings and Other Morbid Nursery Rhymes, as well as the illustrator of the New York Times bestseller From Here to Eternity by Caitlin Doughty and the graphic novel The Hunting Accident by David Carlson. His quirky and wonderful work is perfect for fans of Edward Gorey. With his debut picture book, The Night Tent, he celebrates the exploration of imagination and possibility that becomes so potent in the late hours of the night. A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection An Evanston Public Library Great Book for Kids