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Fay Evans has been selling, writing and making children's books for eleven years. She has worked across fiction, non-fiction and picture books and currently works as Program Manager of Children's Books at Little Gestalten. Originally from South Wales, she accidentally married an Englishman and now lives in South London. Ayse Klinge was born and raised in Berlin, Germany. She studied stage and costume design before moving to Hamburg, where she studies illustration at the University of Applied Sciences and works as a freelance illustrator.Her love for the theatre and the opera persists where she spends most of her free time reading books and discovering obscure films in her hometown in Berlin.
Simply yet powerfully told, The Laugh is a beautiful, gentle story with tender and expressive illustrations, and a comforting message about the ways we hold loved ones close even when they're no longer with us. It's a book that will surely mean a lot to many children, families and adults alike. -- Harry Woodgate, author of 'Grandad's Camper' Tender, delicate and joyful. A story of loss, illustrated and told with real emotion. -- Jarvis, creator of The Boy with Flowers in His Hair It's very heartfelt. It's very difficult to make an honest book about death. It has to be honest. I think the tone is perfect. It talks honestly about death and at the same time it celebrates life. It provides comfort that life will improve without in any way diminishing the loss. -- Chris Haughton, author of 'A Bit Lost' A beautiful and personally relatable book with the most powerful and inspirational message about working through grief and how we never really lose the ones we love. -- Alex Willmore, illustrator of 'The Runaway Pea' [A] moving story about grief and learning to go on without a loved one. A gorgeous book, full of warmth and shared family moments (.) would be an invaluable resource for children who've suffered loss. In a simple metaphor for finding happiness again after the death of a loved one, this book sends a sensitive, focused message-that laughter and joy are possible. This book would be an absolutely wonderful, heart warming and sensitive gift (.) you can tell this has been written from the heart. The little girl's journey to finding the laughter again is both heart-wrenching and heartwarming, offering a message of hope and resilience in the face of tragedy. Reassuring and heartfelt, it reminds the reader that we never truly lose the ones we love. The illustrator has done the most fantastic job in expressing emotion in such a tender way (.) a touching and gentle story that will explain the concept of loss to younger children in a simple and reassuring way. It's a book you wish no child would ever need, but if they did, it would be like a powerful hug. The illustrations are stunning, they totally immerse you in the laughter, through the journey of grief and out to the other side to laughter again. Filled with hope and the knowledge that we learn to live alongside our grief and find comfort in the love that lives on in our memories. A heartfelt and joyful story of love and loss. Beautiful, tender and touching, this is a really special book. For anyone who has lost a loved one as a child, or an adult, this is a touching book. The illustrations are bursting with happiness and love, perfectly capturing the beauty of the love between mother and child. A cracking book about loss and love. It is so important for children to see how wecarry those we love with us. This beautifully illustrated and comforting book could aid in sensitive and difficult discussions with young readers surrounding memory, loss and grief.
