The Liszts by Kyo Maclear and Júlia Sardà
The Liszts by Kyo Maclear and Júlia Sardà

The Liszts by Kyo Maclear and Júlia Sardà

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Ages: 5–9 years

The Liszts make lists. They make lists most usual and lists most unusual. They make lists in winter, spring, summer and fall. They make lists every day except Sundays, which are listless. Mama Liszt, Papa Liszt, Winifred, Edward, Frederick and Grandpa make lists all day long. So does their cat. Then one day a visitor arrives. He's not on anyone's list. Will the Liszts be able to make room on their lists for this new visitor? How will they handle something unexpected arising? Kyo Maclear's quirky, whimsical story, perfectly brought to life with the witty, stylish illustrations of Júlia Sardà, is a humorous and poignant celebration of spontaneity.

Kyo Maclear is an essayist, novelist, and children’s author. She has written over 25 books for little and big people, many of which have been translated internationally. She holds a doctorate in environmental humanities and teaches writing in Tkaronto/Toronto, where she lives with a lively family of cats and musicians.

Júlia Sardà was born in Barcelona. As a child, she saw her father Jordi Sardà drawing and painting, and he became her first and biggest artistic influence. Her mum Elisabet Portabella in her long black skirts selling tofu and listening to Enya was also a great influence. From 2007 to 2010 she studied illustration and other disciplines in a school named Joso, the University of Fine Arts and Massana School in Barcelona. Then she started working and she realized that what she enjoyed more was editorial illustration, so slowly she focused her efforts in this direction.

She is best known as the illustrator for such books as The Hotel Balzaar by Kate DiCamillo, Moving the Millers’ Minnie Moore Mine Mansion by Dave Eggers, The Treasures of Barracuda by Llanos Campos, Rose Campion and the Stolen Secret by Lyn Gardner, Mary Who Wrote Frankenstein by Linda Bailey, an illustrated gift edition of Mary Poppins, and Sweep by Louise Greig. The Witch in the Tower is set in the same world as her author-illustrator debut, The Queen in the Cave. She lives in Barcelona.

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Kyo Maclear

Kyo Maclear is an essayist, novelist, and children’s author. She has written over 25 books for little and big people, many of which have been translated internationally. She holds a doctorate in environmental humanities and teaches writing in Tkaronto/Toronto, where she lives with a lively family of cats and musicians.

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