Louise Pastor’s book for kids Happiness Cow / Day

The writer’s fantasy was still inspired by the life story of the legendary Latvian Alexander Happiness, who has already devoted the novel addressed to middle school age children and adolescents Children of happiness. Though The cow of happiness There is a new, independent story for younger readers and is designed to enjoy it as both as an addition Happiness for children, both as independent work.

The cow of happiness There is a playful, imaginative adventure story in which a daughter and dad invent new stories about Alexander Happiness – Ackain, Researcher and Rich -, his children and their adventures. In this story, the hero becomes no less a miraculous image – a cow of happiness.

Are there Latvian brown cows in the Venezuelan jungle? Of course not. But we won’t say it to anyone. This cow knows everything: sleep in a hammock and fly, give both regular and gold milk, change their tails with a comet and even learn from the head everything about atoms and space. The thoughtful rhythm of the book’s text is approximately the structure of traditional fairy tales.

A colorful, witty and playful story that offers an adventure, while distinguishing important reflections on relationships, trust and courage.

Writer Louise Pastore has taken a stable place in Latvian children’s literature. Her book Children of happiness In the year 2022 received the International John Baltville Award in Writing, continuing a successful way with The story of the mask (2014), after which the motifs of the animated movie Jacob, mimi and talking dogs. Translation Dog Town In 2018, included in Britain’s best children’s books. An art detective The series, created with artist Elina Braslins, has brought several literary prizes to the writer, but Invisible man (2016) included The White Ravens in the sample. Pastore has also focused on working with children in schools and libraries, creating special tasks and thematic meetings. It is the desire to stimulate the imagination and creativity of children has been the main incentive The cow of happiness to make it.

Artist Evija Pintāne expresses her talent in an extensive field of art – she successfully acts as a scenographer, graphic artist, book designer and illustrator. Her work is characterized by poetic, sophisticated freedom, which is tightly combined with carefully thought -out content and constructive foundations. In 2019, her graphic design for Tom Treiberg’s poetry collection Thicket recognized as the most beautiful book in the National Book Art Competition Golden apple tree Poetry books. An excellent success was illustrations for Louise Pastor’s novel Children of happiness, which allowed this to be a book by designer Artis Briede to win the International Bologna Children’s Book Market Award Bologna Ragazzi Award In the category New Horizons (New Horizons), which highlights particularly innovative children’s books.

The design of the book was created by Artis Briedis.