WHY DO WE NEED DOCTORS?
Written by Cvetka Sokolov
Illustrated by Peter Škerl
Peter faces a new, unpleasant experience. He has to go to hospital for a hernia operation. And because everybody knows that the doctor’s word always prevails in hospitals, Peter finds it hard to go. But everything turns out fine and Peter overcomes another fear.
Format: 20.5 x 26 cm
32 pages | Age: 3+
Rights sold to China.
CVETKA SOKOLOV (1963) has been passionate about writing for as long as she can remember. She was twice nominated for the Original Slovene Picture Book Award.
PETER ŠKERL (1973) studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana and graduated in visual communications design. He has been self-employed in culture since 2002. Although he belongs to the younger generation, he has an extensive illustration opus behind him. He already showed his artistic talent at various competitions as a primary pupil. As a student at secondary school for design he made a short cartoon film ‘Three Caterpillars’ and provided the artwork for several periodical books. At the Academy of Fine Art and Design of the University of Ljubljana, he developed illustration into a creative, design and imaginative totality. With a feeling for illustrating book contents, he used various painting techniques and their combination in developing his own artistic expression. He co-created theatre and puppet performances, at first as an amateur actor and later also as artistic designer. He did the set for the puppet shows ‘Goldilocks and the Three Bears’, ‘Mr Constantine’s Hat’, ‘Wormitch and the Sticky Substance’ and ‘Little Red Riding Hood’.
Peter Škerl has been awarded several times: Kristina Brenkova Award – Original Slovene Picture Book Award (2007, 2016, 2018). He has been three times nominated for ALMA (Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award) (2016, 2017, 2018) and twice for HCCA (Hans Christian Andersen Award) (2017, 2018).
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