Zirkus der Schatten

A children's book illustration showing a person's torso, where their dark blue shirt opens into a glowing, circular portal. Inside the portal is a whimsical, blue-toned night landscape with rolling hills, a crescent moon, stars, and shooting stars. Three white birds fly in the sky, two small white horses stand on a hill, and several dark, shadow-like figures peek out from the landscape. German text is written in the top corners.

A two-page illustrated spread from a book with German text. On the left, a girl in a red dress stands in front of a pink door, and her shadow on the ground waves. On the right, the girl reads a book while her shadow looms behind her on a blue wall as a large, dark, wild figure with glowing eyes and flailing arms.

A children's book illustration in shades of blue depicts a surreal, dark circus. A small girl in a red coat sits huddled alone in a spotlight in the center of the ring, surrounded by numerous ominous shadow creatures with white eyes. The shadows watch from the stands and perform as circus acts, including a tall ringmaster on stilts and a tightrope walker.

A two-page illustrated spread from a book with German text. On the left, a girl in a red dress covers her face while a shadow figure with glowing eyes comforts her against a blue background. On the right, the girl and the shadow figure hold hands, standing together on a small circus stage in front of a red curtain.

The cover of the book Zirkus der Schatten by Lidia Branković. The illustration features a red and white striped circus tent at night, adorned with a large eye. The tent is surrounded by large, mysterious shadow figures under a dark, starry sky with a full moon. A blue path lined with small flames leads to the tent's entrance.

The back cover of a children's book, written in German. The illustration shows a dark, starry night sky with a large, shadowy figure with one eye peeking out from the top right. Below, there is descriptive text about the book, an ISBN, and a small drawing of three shadow creatures sitting around a campfire.

An open picture book with a two-page illustration of a fantastical night scene in shades of blue. A small figure in a black coat and red boots rides on a yellow crescent moon down a winding river. The surrounding dark blue hills and trees are shaped like creatures with eyes, watching the figure under a starry sky with a full moon. German text is printed above the illustration.

A hardcover book titled Zirkus der Schatten by Lidia Branković, shown at an angle on a white background. The cover art features a red and white striped circus tent at night, under a dark, starry sky with a full moon. A blue path leads to the tent, which is surrounded by mysterious, silhouetted shadow figures.

An open book displays a stylized two-page illustration of a trapeze act inside a red circus tent. A large, dark shadow figure with white eyes hangs from a trapeze on the left, its long arms stretching across the center to hold hands with a person in a red costume on a trapeze to the right, as they swing under spotlights.

An open children's book shows a two-page spread with stylized illustrations about shadows, accompanied by German text. On the left page, images depict a group of people, an elderly person with a long shadow, and a close-up of feet with short shadows. The right page shows a person under a streetlight with a menacing shadow, and a girl in a red dress sitting next to her black, cat-like shadow which is lying on the ground.

Two illustrated hardcover books by Lidia Branković are displayed side-by-side. The left book, Das Grand Hotel der Gefühle, shows a large red hotel under a starry night sky. The right book, Zirkus der Schatten, depicts a red-and-white striped circus tent at night, flanked by large shadow figures.

Zirkus der Schatten

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Author: Lidia Branković

German

February 2025, 36 Pages

Hardcover

220mm x 310mm

Age: 5+

ISBN: 978-3-7757-5876-5

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A picturebook about our shadow selves. "Like most of us, Lika doesn't give much thought to her shadow. Until the day it begins acting strangely. Lika tries to run and hide, but the more she hides the bigger Shadow becomes, until it picks her up and deposits her in a magical land where the shadows dance. Lika must learn to look at her shadow to find her way back. This is a book by the acclaimed author of 'The Grand Hotel of Feelings' about accepting the parts of us that we try to hide from... and recognising that where there is darkness, there is also light."

Lidia Branković (*1997, Berlin) graduated in Visual Communication from the FH Potsdam in 2022. Inspired by her hometown Berlin, she develops and draws her stories with whimsical charm. Her first book Das Grand Hotel der Gefühle has been published in its 4th edition.