Rasa Jančiauskaitė. Namai (Home), Kaunas: Žalias kalnas, 2022. – 44 p.  

Ona the snail travels through the world with her house on her back. Yet it seems to her that Kandis the dog, Aukštis the bird and Vilytė the bee have much better homes: a cosy kennel that comes with a free dinner, a birdhouse high in a tree, and a hive with a sweet smell of honey. Ona becomes increasingly upset as she thinks that her house is not as cosy, spacious and comfortable… But is it really worth eating her heart out over this? Little does she know that other homes are not always as pleasant, happy and blissful as they seem on the outside. She soon realises that there there’s no better place than your own home.
Written and illustrated by Rasa Jančiauskaitė, the story of Ona the snail will inspire discussion about how other people’s lives might seem better than our own. But this isn’t necessarily the case, and it’s actually your own everyday life that’s dearest to your heart.

Rasa Jančiauskaitė (b. 1991) is an award-winning graphic designer and illustrator. She obtained a postgraduate degree in visual communication design from Vilnius Academy of Arts. She also studied graphic design and illustration at the University of Urbino in Italy. She illustrated Modesta Jurgaitytė’s book Ypatingas (My Heart Is Singing), which was selected as the most beautiful book of the year in 2019 by the Lithuanian section of IBBY. She was the creator of visual identity for the 2020 Bologna Children’s Book Fair.
Illustrator’s portfolio: https://rasajanciauskaite.com/

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