Daniel Frost's 'The Children and the Whale' Published by Gestalten

Daniel Frost, born in Staffordshire in 1984 and a 2010 graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, has won the Oberon Award for his illustrated version of Gulliver's Travels, created with graphic designer Jens Dan Johansen. Frost is both an artist and illustrator, with exhibitions in London, Milan, Copenhagen, and Antwerp, and clients including Nike, The New York Times, The Guardian, and Transport for London. His previous works include illustrations for Uncle Oscar's Chairs. From A to Z (Particular Books, 2018) by Magnus Englund, co-founder of Skandium, and the award-winning pair The School of Art and The School of Music (2015 and 2017, Wide Eyed), written by Teal Triggs and Meurig & Rachel Bowen respectively. A third volume, The School of Numbers by Emily Hawkins, is in preparation for 2019. Frost's debut in children's literature was Atop a Hill in Frostville (Little Otsu, 2014), featuring a limited Fifties-style palette and futuristic characters like the reclining bicyclist. His latest book, The Children and the Whale, published by Gestalten in Berlin, is a 32-page fairy tale that serves as a Bildungsroman with a moral about respectful relationships with others and the environment. The story follows siblings Cuno and Aia, who live at the Pole and are fascinated by their father's tales of a giant whale, leading to a journey of discovery. The book's strength lies in its pictorial quality and inventive perspective. It costs €14.90 and has the ISBN 9783899558166.