WHO CARES!

(Hardback)

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Walking around the streets and parks of most towns, you might notice that many dogs look a lot like their owners. Or perhaps it's the other way around: do the owners all look like their dogs But there are some exceptions . . . Scented with chocolate and musical notes, this delightful story dares you to fearlessly forgo the opinions of others and invites you to experience the freedom of accepting yourself as you are. Don't miss the booktrailer! Read the first pages:

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"...below the books lighthearted surface is a resonant message about looking beyond appearances and appreciating differences." -Publishers Weekly

Author Bio

Born in 1978 in Freiburg/Germany, Barbara Steinitz studied communication-design and illustration in Saarbrcken/Germany and Barcelona/Spain. After getting her diploma she completed a voluntary service in Granada/Nicaragua. Teaching workshops in arts and crafts for adults and children at the cultural institution Casa de los Tres Mundos, she started to explore and include puppet-theater within her work as an illustrator. She created various paper theatre shows in collaboration with the musician Bjrn Kollin and the Mexican ensemble Facto Teatro. Together with the dancer and choreographer Ruben Reniers she founded the ensemble rubarb dance & art. She has been touring Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Croatia, Hungary, Luxembourg, Indonesia, Mexico, Canada and the USA, leading workshops and presenting her shows and books in schools, libraries and at renowned puppet theatre festivals. Barbara Steinitz received the Austrian Childrens Book Award, the Troisdorfer Picture Book Award and a nomination for the German Childrens Book Award. As a freelancing illustrator, author and puppeteer, she works for various customers, editorials and theatre projects and lives in Berlin and Mexico City.