Tomato Sandwich
Age 4+
Picture Storybooks
A wordless picture book from an award winning master storyteller, Caroline Magerl. Every page weaves a spell of magic, warmth, humour and love. And sandwiches.
Ottily has decided that today will be magical. She pulls on her fairy dress, waves her wand and wishes for a fairy cake!
But instead, Dad gives her tomato sandwich.
Multi-award winning author-illustrator Caroline Magerl has created a wordless masterpiece in which her immersive, charming and humorous illustrations show us how love can create its own magic.
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Creators
Caroline Magerl was born near Frankfurt in Germany and came to Australia when she was two. She lived on the yacht her family built until she was fourteen. In 2001 Caroline won the Children’s Book Council of Australia Crichton Award for new talent in children’s book illustration for her picture book Grandma’s Shoes (written by Libby Hathorn). Since then she has been awarded a May Gibbs Fellowship and received an ASA children’s picture book grant to work on her book Hasel and Rose. Nowadays she is a full-time artist, illustrator and printmaker.
Maya and Cat was Caroline’s first book with Walker, which went on to become a CBCA Notable and was shortlisted in the NSW Premier's Literary Awards.
Nop was a CBCA Honour book and was shortlisted in the Queensland Literary Awards. Caroline's latest books, Piano Fingers, was also a CBCA Notable in the Picture Book of the Year category.
Reviews
A wordless picture book from an award-winning master storyteller, Caroline Magerl. Every page weaves a spell of magic, warmth, humour and love. And sandwhiches.
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But today this gem of a book, my friends, completely obliterated all that. It made my heart leap, made me laugh out loud, made me go ‘awwwww’ and, as always, rendered me awe-struck at the sheer talent of Caroline Magerl. Caroline’s art is superbly evocative always, even when it’s of seemingly everyday scenes or snippets of life.
Just So Stories
Magerl is a staunch believer in the power of creativity to develop our sense of selves, and inviting the reader to be an active part of the storymaking in this way leans into that. At many stages of the plot it would be possible to pause and reflect on what is likely to happen next – or what you wish might happen.
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Fabulous picture book
Trevor Cairney
