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Technical specs

40 pages / 155 x 180 mm
ISBN: 978.989.9061.11.8 / RRP: 12,50€
1st Edition: August 2022

What is this?

Yara Kono

Ana Pessoa

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(Portuguese edition)

What is this? A squirrel? A scribble? What is it?
Nobody quite knows, but everyone gives their opinion. For some, it’s an object; for others, an animal. So what? What’s wrong with that?
One thing’s for sure: the lines in this book are restless and want to come to life, by hook or by crook!

Follow them with your finger, your eyes or even your nose (why not?) and have fun finding out where they lead you.

This book is part of the Mini-micro collection.

Technical specs

40 pages / 155 x 180 mm
ISBN: 978.989.9061.11.8 / RRP: 12,50€
1st Edition: August 2022

Awards and recognitions

Recommended — National Reading Plan (Portugal)

Selected — Nami Concours Exhibition 2023

What they say

“What is this?” is full of doodles and impressions, as well as meanderings, rhymes and hand-carved hidey-holes.. (…) Guaranteed conversation and quality time between children and grown-ups.”
Pedro Miguel Silva, Deus Me Livro blog, 05/01/2023

The title asks “What is this?” and “this” is a series of lines, which each reader interprets according to their imagination. “What is this?” also contains the familiar verbal rhythm that Ana Pessoa offers her younger readers. Here, in this book published by Planeta Tangerina, Ana Pessoa is accompanied by Yara Kono and there won’t be anyone who can resist naming this or that.
Inês Fonseca Santos, “Todas as Palavras”, 03/12/2022

From the “abstract” to the “concrete”, none of this is “plain sailing”, it’s more of a “non-issue” or “manner of speaking”. In black and white, there’s a whole magic show of illusions here, which young readers will want to see! And to do! What’s this? Is it a book? Is it a show? Is it a game?
Hipopótamos na Lua, 21/02/2023