Finito

From world-renowned Polish illustrator Iwona Chmielewska (a four-time finalist for the Hans Christian Andersen Award and a three-time Bologna Ragazzi winner) and acclaimed Brazilian American author Victor D.O. Santos (author of the White Ravens-selected picture books What Makes Us Human and People Are Weird), comes a poetic, profound, thought-provoking, and visually stunning picture book about the finitude of life and the importance of enjoying every moment of it.

A beautiful picture book that will leave both young and older readers with a delicious carpe diem taste in their mouths.

Rights sold: Korean, simplified Chinese, Portuguese (Brazil) & Italian languages

Awards, special mentions & selections: 

⭐ Selected for the dPICTUS 100 Outstanding Picture Books (2026 edition).

“A beautiful and touching book that, through its delicate interplay of text and images, will make readers appreciate every moment of their finite lives.”

– Mara Cerri, winner of the 2025 Premio Andersen Award for Best Illustrator

Author & Illustrator

Victor D. O. Santos is an internationally acclaimed Brazilian American picture book author whose books – which include the White Ravens titles What Makes Us Human and People Are Weird – have been translated into over 50 languages. He has collaborated with such renowned illustrators as ALMA-winner ISOL (Insomnia), Iwona Chmielewska (Finito), Catarina Sobral (People Are Weird), Dena Seiferling (Things I Learned from my Dog), Mara Cerri (coming in Spring 2027), and Amanda Mijangos (coming in Fall 2027).

Visit his website at www.authorvictorsantos.com

Iwona Chmielewska is a world-renowned Polish picture book author and illustrator whose touching, profound books have been translated into many languages and received numerous awards. Celebrated by readers and critics worldwide for her poetic and sensitive style, she has won the Golden Apple Award at the Biennial of Illustration Bratislava, is a three-time winner of the Bologna Ragazzi Award, and has been a multiple-time finalist for the Hans Christian Andersen Award — often called “the Nobel Prize of picture books.” She is the only Polish author to have a fan club in South Korea. 

“Her original way of perceiving a book as a unibody of images and text, a perfect container for sequences of pictures and sets of verses, is truly amazing, and bewilders the audience with every new title she has created or contributed to.”

– from Iwona’s 2026 Hans Christian Andersen Award IBBY nomination dossier