translated be Lucia Engelbrecht

‘The text and pictures are a gift to the reading public, as Gidali tells a fairytale-like story about the preciousness of memories, but also about humanity and compassion in poetic sentences. Pencil drawings illustrate the text and invite the reader to philosophise.’ German Academy for Children's and Youth Literature, Picture Book of the Month November 2024

‘A picture book that inspires reflection in many religious, but also secular contexts and in which almost every sentence is an aphorism.’ Jana Sommeregger, STUBE

‘A touching story about how much memories mean to us. A beautiful poetic story, illustrated with fine pencil drawings in black and white, only the memory is in colour, in gold.’ Literary blog Sabine Ibing

‘Between fairy tale and parable, Israeli author Orit Gidali tells of the value of memories, but also of the gaps in memory. Can memories be exchanged? A philosophical, melancholy work of art with delicate pencil drawings.’ Kirstin Breitenfellner, FALTER

‘In this picture book, Gidali poses essential questions about the value of our memories and how we deal with them and makes them easily accessible to children with her atmospheric and visual language. A picture book that encourages reflection, questioning and remembrance - for the whole family!’ Literaturinitiative Berlin

‘One of those books that goes straight to the heart. A picture book, not only for children, but also for adults who want to do something good for themselves.A book with extraordinary pencil drawings and a message that goes straight to the heart.’ Shaaniels BookWorld

‘A wonderful book that makes you think.’ Rebecca Tessmer, beccatestet

‘Poetic picture book about humanity and empathy. Delicate pencil drawings. To read aloud and linger over! Highly recommended.’ Jan Roidner, ekz.bibliotheksservice

‘Delicately tells of the value of (shared) memory and how it connects us with the deceased.’ Anne-Catherine Simon, Die Presse