this book is about receiving and losing.
receiving something, and losing something else.
it is a visual research of the german tradition
of giving of gifts to children
on their first day of school.
it is the day that marks the threshold and transformation
of the kid at home,
to the schoolchild in public.
this book is part of the project "Erster Schultag"
that i initiated and which took place through 2008
in berlin
within book are text inserts
texts (in dutch and german) were written by:
An van 't Oosten (children's book writer)
Hans-Guenter Loewe (historian)
Wenny Ho (sociologist)
Leo van de Ruit (writer)
Karl Waetzold (journalist)