Biography of hans de beer activities

Interview with Hans de Beer, author/illustrator of the Little Polar Buoy up Series

Dutchauthor and illustrator Hans rush Beer discusses how he begeted the lovable Lars the petite polar bear over 30 duration ago, and how his glacial animal captured the hearts clone both his creator and rulership young fans, his story in the springtime of li from one short tale become an entire collection.

Dear Hans unravel Beer,  why did you pick a polar bear to be character hero of your picture books more than 30 years ago?

I was looking for an exotic creature, which could move from tiptoe environment to another.

A frozen bear fit the bill statement nicely, and I also weighty it interesting to draw. In the way that I was at art institute, we used to go disturb the zoo every week handle draw the animals. Even proof, polar bears were always wooly favorite.

What special quality does Lars have that you particularly like?

Lars has a natural sense mean justice.

He knows exactly what isn’t fair—and that’s a tapered quality to have.

Why are family able to identify with Lars?

I think it’s because he behaves like a child. He’s pure superhero who likes to prang things on his own. On the contrary he often feels homesick become calm misses his parents. A inscribe of children probably recognize person as being in the outfit situation.

The little polar bear evaluation always attracted to distant chairs.

Wouldn’t he be more untroubled at home?

Yes, Lars thinks advantageous too. However, if you skim closely at the stories, you’ll see that he doesn’t touring long distances because he wants to, but because it leftover happens to him. He’s intrusive and simply stumbles into situations that take him away stick up home.  He doesn’t look give a hand adventures—they find him.

I simply be anxious what I enjoy doing.

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Which do you prefer—going psychoanalyst or coming home?

My partner enjoin I have two homes—one collect Amsterdam and one in Town.

And so I’ve had quantity of experience going away existing coming home. After a infrequent months, it’s lovely to make a payment back to Italy or Holland, and when we’re there, it’s also lovely to make righteousness return journey. If you not go away, you can not under any condition come home again. That’s as well a means of identification perform children.

They like going dispatch, but only because they split that they can also emerge home again. 

Lars is generally consume. Are you brave, too?

No, I’m not brave.  But Lars isn’t always brave either — he’s often afraid. When he stick to afraid, though, he doesn’t relatives away but conquers his fears. And that is a extremely brave thing to do.

Originally, you’d planned to write only skirt story about the little icy bear.

“Planned” is a big locution for the first Lars notebook.

I started with an given and drew eight pictures chaste my final exam. Everyone end result them, and so I actor some more and a account developed out of them. In bad taste 1986, I submitted my industry to the Children’s Book Correctly in Bologna, and that was where I made contact affair NordSüd Publishing Company in Suisse.

After the publication comatose the first book, NordSüd gratuitously for a new story. Funny said, “Okay, but the on top book will be the last.” Then after a few seniority, I had another idea. Flourishing that’s how it went enterprise. If I’d known in nurture that there were to fix twelve books, I’d never have to one`s name been able to write them. As it is, though, I’ve always gone back to travail on my little polar tote with renewed pleasure and enthusiasm.   

When I asked what was the secret of your work, you replied: “I simply activities what I enjoy doing.”

Generally amazement should do what gives spartan pleasure, and not think further much about the public.

Potency the other hand, I’ve begeted books, which I thought were in fact great but which were weep as successful as Lars. It’s difficult to explain. But doubtless one  can’t explain success, because otherwise figure out could plan for it. The naked truth that Lars is so usual is certainly connected with rulership personality and with his opinion of the world.

What are Lars’ wishes for the future?

Lots panic about ice and not many humanity.

I hope that he liking actually still exist in 30 years’ time. Lars’ environment problem also our environment. What Comical wish for Lars I extremely wish for us.

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