Inese Zandere (1958) is a Latvian poet, editor, as well as an author and publisher of children's books celebrated by the young readers all across the country. She has graduated from the University of Latvia with a degree in philosophy. Zandere has written more than 20 books for children and is actively involved in projects connected to children's literature and cultural education. Besides creative writing, she frequently reviews works of others, and is present in the culture sphere with well balanced opinions. Her conceptual book of poems for children Medicine Maddy and Other Hospital Nursery Rhymes has been awarded the Annual Latvian Literature Award for the best original children's book, as well as recognised with the “Zelta ābele” prize as one of the most beautiful books of the category. Zandere's collections of poems for adult readers are equally successful. Her writing, considered honest, informed, warm-hearted and well-rounded, is often awarded important literary prizes. Her poems have been translated into many languages including Russian, English, Swedish, German, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Czech, Ukrainian, Polish, Bulgarian and Moldavian. Her works have inspired the creation of several animations, theatre plays and operas for children. Inese Zandere's short stories about the curious characters called Shammies – Sockie, Hankie, Mitten and Pillow – have earned wide recognition and love, and have been turned into 6 colourful, witty and musical animation films.
Poetry Collections
No mazā. Dzeja 1975-2015 [Part of the Small. Collected poems]. Rīga: Mansards, 2015.
Putna miegā [In Bird's Sleep]. Rīga: Neputns, 2014.
Melnās čūskas maiznīca [The Black Snake Bakery]. Rīga: Neputns, 2003.
Laimīgie meli [Happy Lies]. Rīga: Liesma, 1988.
Grāmatiņa [The Little Book] Rīga: Liesma, 1983.
Children's Literature
Puika ar suni [The Boy With a Dog]. Rīga: Liels un mazs, 2017
Zirgā [In Wich The Horse Walks On The Piano]. Rīga: Liels un mazs, 2017.
Kaķis brīvdienās [Cat On a Vacation]. Rīga: Liels un mazs, 2015.
Trīs draugi vienas upes krastā [Three Friends On The River Bank]. Rīga: Liels un mazs, 2014.
Lupatiņi [The Shammies]. Rīga: Liels un mazs, 2011.
Dieguburti [Letter-yarn]. Rīga: Liels un mazs, 2011.
Princešu piedzīvojumi [The Princess Adventures]. Rīga: Liels un mazs, 2010.
Karalis ezis [King Hedgehog]. Rīga: Liels un mazs, 2009.
Latviešu zvēri [Latvian Animals]. Rīga: Liels un mazs, 2008.
Brīnumbēbīša gads [The Year of the Wonderbaby]. Rīga: Liels un mazs, 2008.
Dzejoļi māsai un brālim [Poems for Brother and Sister]. Rīga: Liels un mazs, 2008.
Vārdurati [Word-cart]. Rīga: Jumava, 2008.
Ceļojums ar lielo Šarloti [Travelling with Big Charlotte] Rīga: Liels un mazs, 2007
Ko teica Gaiļa kungs [What Mister Rooster Said]. Rīga: Liels un mazs, 2007.
Pingus Posta piedzīvojumi [Adventures of Pingus Post]. Rīga: Liels un mazs, 2006.
Ja tu esi sivēns. 25 mīklu panti [If you're a piglet. 25 riddle rhymes] Rīga: Liels un mazs, 2006.
Limonāde [Lemonade]. Rīga: Liels un mazs, 2005.
Iekšiņas un āriņas kalendārs [Inside and Outside Callender]. Rīga: Liels un mazs, 2004.
Lidojošie burti [Flying Letters]. Rīga: Zvaigzne ABC, 2003.
Iekšiņa un āriņa [Inside and Outside]. Rīga: Preses nams, 2002.
Jaunajās mājās [The New Home]. Rīga: Aka Print, 2000.
Annas pasakas. [Anna's Tales] Rīga: Karogs, 1994.
Kas aug manā dārziņā [What Grows in my Garden]. Rīga: Balta, 1990.
Miscellaneous
Kuģa žurnāls. [Log Book] Rīga: Neputns, 2015.
Pauls Bankovskis, Un kuģi peld, review of Log Book // Internet magazine Satori.lv, 2016 [LV]
Aivars Eipurs, Un kuģi peld, review of Log Book // Internet magazine Punctum, 2016 [LV]
Līvija Baumane-Andrejevska, "tik liela daļa no mazā", review of Log Book // Ubisunt, University of Latvia, 2016 [LV]
Anna Auziņa, Spārngalu sanoņa, review of In Bird's Sleep // Internet magazine Satori.lv, 2014 [LV]
Arvis Viguls, Putna ticībā, review of In Bird's Sleep // Internet magazine Punctum, 2014 [LV]
The Shammies’ Morning
The Shammies’ Morning (Lupatiņu rīts)
Illustrations by Reinis Pētersons
— The ‘Shammies’ project has received several awards in China, Latvia and USA. Films about the Shammies have been selected for 40 festivals all over the world
The Shammies are four little curious beings – Sockie, Mitten, Pillow and Hankie – who live in a colourful textile house. They already know how to play, but many exciting things are still to be discovered: how to share their toys with others, how to behave at the table and how to take a bath. Luckily the dear wise Mr Cat is always around to help.
The project features a series of short films and books. ‘The Shammies’ Morning’ is the story of the difficult jobs that the Shammies have to face every morning: how do you wake up yourself and awake the light? How do you sit down by the table if the chairs feel like galloping and twirling around? Is it better to behave like a sparrow or like a little goat? The story can be published like three separate picture books: ‘How the Shammies Woke Up’, ‘How the Shammies Behaved’ and ‘How the Shammies Sat Down by the Table’.
The first book published in the series is ‘How the Shammies Swapped’ (2011).
Contacts: pasts@lielsmazs.lv, www.lielsmazs.lv www.theshammies.com
Shammiesu0027 Morning_by_I.Zandere.pdf
Title
:The Shammies’ Morning
Title*
:Lupatiņu rīts
Authors
: Inese ZandereGenre
:Publisher
:Rīga, Liels un mazs, Atom Art
Pages
:96
Year
:2015
Foreign rights
:All languages available
Three Friends on the Coast of the Same River
Three Friends on the Coast of the Same River (Trīs draugi vienas upes krastā)
Illustrations by Juris Petraškevičs
Three friends – a Swedish horse, a German lobster and a Russian crow – decide to build a house together to live with their whole families. However, it turns out that they have a very different idea of the perfect house.
The illustrations help develop the child’s artistic taste; they are childish, playful and joyful, but never simple.
Contacts: pasts@lielsmazs.lv, www.lielsmazs.lv
Title
:Three Friends on the Coast of the Same River
Title*
:Trīs draugi vienas upes krastā
Authors
: Inese ZandereGenre
:Publisher
:Rīga, Liels un mazs
Pages
:32
Year
:2014
Foreign rights
:All languages available
Medicine Maddy and Other Hospital Nursery Rhymes
Medicine Maddy and Other Hospital Nursery Rhymes (Līze Analīze un citi slimnīcas skaitāmpanti )
Illustrations by Reinis Pētersons
— The Annual Prize for Literature 2013 for Inese Zandere’s poems
— The National Book Art Contest Award ‘Golden Apple Tree’ 2013
— Latvian Children’s Jury Award 2013
The book offers a dose of positive ‘art therapy’: by looking at the pictures and reading or listening to the poems, young children can cope better with their fear of getting sick and medical treatments. The illustrations by Reins Pētersons create a colourful and lively atmosphere, emphasising the element of play and humour in the poems. The hospital, as seen by the artist, is a place where life goes on, a place where there is room for some adventures and friendship.
Contacts: pasts@lielsmazs.lv, www.lielsmazs.lv
Medicine_Maddy_by_I.Zandere.pdf
Title
:Medicine Maddy and Other Hospital Nursery Rhymes
Title*
:Līze Analīze un citi slimnīcas skaitāmpanti
Authors
: Inese ZandereGenre
:Publisher
:Rīga, Liels un mazs
Pages
:32
Year
:2012
Foreign rights
:Sold to Estonia
Cat on Vacation
Cat on Vacation (Kaķis brīvdienās)
Illustrations by Aleksejs Naumovs
This collection of fairy tales is a wonderful collaboration between two artists much loved in Latvia. Observations of daily events turn into games, tales and contemporary legends in an easy and effortless way, broadening the child’s horizons. The book will suit the whole family: from toddlers just learning to speak to teenagers who love to speculate about life. The book can almost be seen as an exhibition with paintings of a small town and a metropolis with its suburbs, a sea wind blowing over the roofs, summer houses, parks, a castle and an opera house – all these are the places where the eleven fairy tales in this the collection are set.
Contacts: pasts@lielsmazs.lv, www.lielsmazs.lv
Cat_on_Vacation_by_I.Zandere.pdf
Title
:Cat on Vacation
Title*
:Kaķis brīvdienās
Authors
: Inese ZandereGenre
:Publisher
:Rīga, Liels un mazs
Pages
:84
Year
:2015
Foreign rights
:All languages available
Dzeja. Antologija sodobne latvijske poezije
Dzeja. Antologija sodobne latvijske poezije (Latvijas dzejas antoloģija)
Title
: Dzeja. Antologija sodobne latvijske poezijeTitle*
: Latvijas dzejas antoloģijaAuthors
: Anna Auziņa, Artis Ostups, Arvis Viguls, Edvīns Raups, Inese Zandere, Inga Gaile, Ingmāra Balode, Justīne Janpaule, Kārlis Vērdiņš, Katrīna Rudzīte, Liāna Langa, Māris Salējs, Marts Pujāts, Uldis BērziņšTranslated by
: Ana Pepelnik, Brane Mozetič, Breda Biščak, Klemen Pisk, Milan Dekleva, Miriam Drev, Nada Grošelj, Veno TauferGenre
:Anthology
Language
:Slovenian
Publisher
:Pages
:Year
:2016
Copyrights
:Authors
Synopsis
:Anthology in Slovenian of contemporary Latvian poetry.
Annaliisa Analüüs
Annaliisa Analüüs (Līze Analīze un citi slimnīcas skaitāmpanti)
Title
: Annaliisa AnalüüsTitle*
: Līze Analīze un citi slimnīcas skaitāmpantiAuthors
: Inese ZandereTranslated by
: Guntars Godiņš, Leelo TungalGenre
:Children`s Book
Language
:Estonian
Publisher
:Tammerraamat, Estonia
Pages
:32
Year
:2016
Copyrights
:Inese Zandere, Reinis Pētersons, liels un mazs
Synopsis
:This poetry collection offers a dose of positive ‘art therapy’.
Näpsud teevad vahetust
Näpsud teevad vahetust (Kā Lupatiņi mainījās)
Title
: Näpsud teevad vahetustTitle*
: Kā Lupatiņi mainījāsAuthors
: Inese ZandereTranslated by
:Margus Konnula
Genre
:Children`s Book
Language
:Estonian
Publisher
:Lumemana OÜ, Estonia
Pages
:31
Year
:2016
Copyrights
:Inese Zandere, Reinis Pētersons, Liels un mazs, Atom Art
Synopsis
:The Shammies are four little curious beings – Sockie, Mitten, Pillow and Hankie – who live in a colourful textile house.
Shammies' Morning
Shammies' Morning (Lupatiņu rīts)
Title
: Shammies' MorningTitle*
: Lupatiņu rītsAuthors
: Inese ZandereTranslated by
:Zeina Idriss
Genre
:Children`s Book
Language
:Arabic
Publisher
:Arab Scientific Publishers, Inc.
Pages
:95
Year
:2017
Copyrights
:Inese Zandere, Reinis Pētersons, Liels un mazs, Atom art
Synopsis
:The Shammies Morning is the story of the difficult jobs that the Shammies have to face every morning.
One House For All
One House For All (Trīs draugi vienas upes krastā)
Title
: One House For AllTitle*
: Trīs draugi vienas upes krastāAuthors
: Inese ZandereTranslated by
:Lawrence Schimel
Genre
:Children`s Book
Language
:English
Publisher
:Book Island, UK
Pages
:15
Year
:2017
Copyrights
:The author, the illustrator, the publisher
Synopsis
:Three best friends - Raven, Crayfish, and Horse - are all grown-up and ready to have their own families, but they also want to stay together. Illustrated by Juris Petraškevičs.
