Rooms for Dessert

A child always has room for dessert. But have you ever seen actual rooms for dessert? Embark on this delicious adventure, full of giant gummy bears, mountains of jelly and cream, a popcorn ocean and more, from children's book team Jan von Holleben and Monte Packham. Rooms for Dessert follows five children on the hunt for sweets in a grand palace, who end up discovering all kinds of secrets and surprises. In fantastical collages von Holleben has inventively combined the photos he made in Germany's baroque Heidecksburg Palace with an array of real confectionery. Packham tells the story in playful, humorous verse that captures the children's curiosity and mirrors the opulence of the palace. Closely interacting, image and text create a fairy tale for today. The book's message? With a little imagination anyone can transform reality into a land of fantasythe sweetest things in life aren't just those we see with our eyes.

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Monte Packham writes for children and adults. He is the author of books including Concentric Circles. A Chronicle of Steidl Publishers (2010), ABC Photography (2016), Living with Matisse, Picasso and Christo. Theodor Ahrenberg and His Collections (2018)Book of the Year at the 2019 Collector's Awards, Photo Adventures (2019), Rhyme Time (2021) and The Blueberry Machine (2022). Born in Sydney in 1981, Packham holds degrees in art history and law; he lives and works in Berlin.