Dog Who Found Sorrow

Rūta Briede illustrates books, draws comics, designs puppet shows and teaches at the Art Academy of Latvia. Her first picture book, Queen of Seagulls, earned international recognition and won the International Jānis Baltvilks Prize 2017 for the best debut. Rūta is the artistic director and stage designer for a puppet stage show based on Queen of Seagulls. The Dog Who Found Sorrow is her second book. Elīna Brasliņa studied Printmaking and Graphic Arts at the Art Academy of Latvia. Since 2014 she has illustrated more than twenty titles, including Moon Juice by Kate Wakeling, which was her international debut. She has been nominated for numerous awards in Latvia, and has won the Zelta Ābele (Golden Apple Tree) National Prize for Book Art twice. She was awarded the International Jānis Baltvilks Prize in 2017.You can visit Elīna’s website and see more of her illustrations here: www.elinabraslina.com

All the colour has gone from the city in this unusual picture book illustrated with beautifully textured artwork of city life, full of clouds and music. The Sorrows are crying warm dark tears and the dog sets out to make them happy, and gradually the dark is banished. The book is written by a leading illustrator and instructor at the Latvian Academy of Arts, and the sombre illustrations are by Elīna Brasliņa.