New book -you can participate in its creation- and lots of other news!

[ 0 ] 09/09/2024 | liza

Greek-Danish edition of “Where am I from?”, photo courtesy of Paidokipos in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Hi everyone,

I hope you had a lovely summer vacation – that is if you’re also living in that side of the world where the summer months just ended. We had a lovely time back in my home country, Greece, and at our home in Norway :). Here’s a photo of a beautiful sunset in Greece, and a photo of a deer casually walking from the field next to us and then through our garden in Norway (it’s very common here not to have fences around our houses, yes, it’s that safe, and to see deers and other animals).

As usual, I will list the different news and info and you can scroll down to read only what interests you.

1) Some “thank you” to public organizations that support my work

a) I’d like to thank David Muscat on behalf of Malta’s National Literacy Agency/L-Aġenzija Nazzjonali tal-Litteriżmu who ordered copies of my bilingual books in many languages. These books will be made available at their literacy resources centres and school libraries in Malta and Gozo and they will be used by teachers teaching multilingual learners in primary schools.

b) The National Library of Norway in Oslo and specifically the Multilingual Library (DFB) departmentthat ordered my books in several languages. Their role is to support other Norwegian libraries in their provision of library services to a multilingual and multicultural population. The most important way they do this is by acquiring collections in many languages, and by cataloging and making those collections available for inter-library lending. More info can be found here.

c) Books of mine can also be borrowed from the Vestfold county libraries in Norway, with more being available at our local library in Horten, and in many libraries worldwide. From what I can see here there are many entries on WorldCat and each one of those is clickable and shows many more listings in libraries in the USA, Australia, Canada, and more.

If you know other organizations in your area/country that might be interested in purchasing my books, please leave a comment or send me an email at liza@ maltamum.com and let me know.

2) NEW BOOK – CAN YOU HELP?

I’m working on publishing a new book and I’d love your input . It’s a goodnight story for the younger ones, a babywearing adventure that, in my mind, is taking place in Thailand or the Maldives, and where the duo mommy + child experience the phenomenon of bioluminescence. I will publish an edition in English and several bilingual ones: a) featuring a mother + a boy toddler and b) a mother + a girl toddler. The artist is Vivi Markatos Heinemann.

Book title?
Can you help me come up with a sweet, short, and easy-to-translate title? As I publish my books on Amazon, the title should ideally contain some keywords. I initially came up with “Wrapped in a Sea of Stars” (wrapped -> wrap -> babywearing and “Sea of Stars” implying the phenomenon of bioluminescence), but this will be tricky to translate for the bilingual editions. Other ideas were “Glowing Waters” and “Sea of Stars.”

Full story below (13 spreads). Is there anything you’d word differently (US, UK, AU, CA) and/or any other suggested changes?

(Edit 6th March 2025: the book is published, and I removed the story text from the blog)