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The idea behind this book is that everything in life has to do with routes. Each creature has its own unique path to follow, its own difficulties, its own choices to make.
Τhere are roads on the ground and underground. Roads we cannot see and roads we cannot reach. Roads inside us. Invisible roads. Difficult roads. Roads with obstacles. Roads with or without borders. And there is also your own road. Is there an end to this road, or is this just the beginning?
A silent book is just like music: it has no language, no boundaries. Thousand of invisible words hidden within an image, waiting for the young readers to discover them and make their own narrative. The idea of making this kind of book has always been fascinating to me.
Iris Samartzi is a children’s book illustrator. Books of hers have received many awards including 2016 International Compostela Prize, Greek State Picture Book Award (2012, 2016, 2021) Greek IBBY Award (2012, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2023). She’s been nominated twice for the Hans Christian Andersen Award (2020 and 2022). She was also a candidate for the 2021 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award. She lives and works in Athens, Greece.