A charming, touching story about an imaginative, introverted boy whose best friend is an old oak tree named Bertolt.
Jacques Goldstyn was born and raised in Montreal. His father taught him how to draw and he drew all the time. Every single day. He then studied seriously, became a geologist and went off to work in gold mines in Abitibi and in the petroleum industry in Alberta. But then, one day, he started to draw again. For many years now, his work has been drawing cartoons for Les Débrouillards and Les Explorateurs, science youth magazines in French Canada. He also writes and illustrates stories for kids age six to 106. He loves running, hiking, and climbing trees, and has never stopped collecting bizarre looking rocks.
"Humor, contemplation, and masterful illustrations."— STARRED
REVIEW, Kirkus Reviews
"Crowning the canon of arboreal allegories is Bertolt by
French-Canadian geologist-turned-artist Jacques Goldstyn — the
uncommonly tender story of an ancient tree named Bertolt and the
boy who named and loved it. From Goldstyn’s simple words and the
free, alive, infinitely expressive line of his illustrations
radiates a profound parable of belonging, reconciling love and
loss, and savoring solitude without suffering loneliness."— Maria
Popova, Brain Pickings
"A lovely look at introversion, imagination and the power of being
different and embracing it."—Waking Brain Cells
"Goldstyn manages to convey a world of emotions in his detailed
drawings, and captures the feelings of childhood—both its
playfulness and imagination, as well as the sense of smallness that
comes with being a child in a world of adults.”— Bernie Goedhart,
Postmedia
"It is an intimate book that implores you to read it in hushed
tones with quiet pauses. Its sadness holds beauty; its sweetness
never threatens to become saccharine. Bertolt is a truly
exceptional exploration of ephemerality."— Serah-Marie McMahon,
STARRED REVIEW, Quill & Quire
"Goldstyn’s playful prose is similarly nuanced, alternating between
humor, palpable admiration for the natural world, unflinching
honesty, and in the story’s final spreads, no words at all.
Reworking notions of both loss and what it means to be alone, this
is an imaginative, introspective, and quietly profound paean to
life’s little wonders."— Briana Shemroske, STARRED REVIEW, Booklist
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