My Village
'A striking book ... a charming, colourful depiction of an ideal village, its sweetness sharpened by the artist's commentary.' -- Pat Thomson, Carousel, Spring 2009 'The book is richly illustrated, and richly thought-provoking. It made me wonder about how, in future, Palestinian and Iraqi children's books, for example, might depict the forces currently occupying these nations? How should the oppressors of now be represented to the young descendants of the oppressed? There are of course no answers to these questions.' -- Books for Keeps, March 2009 'Hansi was a pioneering picture book creator ... It is spendidly detailed and fitting of its own time in style and carefully reveals life in Alsace in the early years of the last century.' -- The School Librarian, April 2009