Ms. More Just adores —

Cameras, carpets, earrings and pens,

Pictures, computers, glasses and rings,

Dresses and armchairs, blouses and lamps,

Tablecloths, sculptures, mirrors and hats…

More and more!

But more than all those

She loves to shop.

Ms. More’s greatest passion is shopping,

and this story begins with yet another

shopping spree — but how will it end?

What happens when there’s no space

left in her home?

Will Ms. More manage to save herself and change her habits? And how will she do it? Both children and parents, who live with contemporary consumer culture, will enjoy observing the grotesque shopping extravaganza that gets wilder from page to page in text and illustration until the inevitable disillusionment and subsequent salvation. Clearly something is going to crash, but when and how? And what is the solution?

Ms. More is written with a delightful flow of rhyme and weight as if caught in the binge of its heroine, it raises our awareness to excessive consumerism and environmental protection through humor.

2017 | 30 pp. | Age 3-6 | English translation available | Rights sold: Hebrew

“Tal Nitzan’s delightful and refreshing children’s book, accompanied by Aviel Bassil’s wonderful illustrations, addresses the major issue of consumerist, wasteful society – one that knows no satisfaction. The author playfully, rhythmically, and humorously (much like the dizzying pace of shopping) unveils the mechanism of purchasing […] But don’t worry! By the end of the story, Ms. More finds a creative way to free herself from the false lights of the mall and reach the wondrous shores of free will.”   

~ Orit Tzemach, Kfar Ganim NP

“A funny story thanks to its exaggeration – kids love exaggerations. It also distances the critique from them, allowing them to observe the phenomenon without feeling defensive. After all, even a child who constantly wants more and more will understand that the lady is overdoing it. This enables a conversation that isn’t moralistic or preachy, and learning through laughter is always the best kind of learning.”   ~ Sarit Flain, Otzar Milim

Tal Nitzán is an award winning Israeli poet, writer, editor and a major translator of Hispanic literature. Author of seven poetry books, two novels, a short story collection and six children’s book, and editor of three poetry anthologies. Among the prizes she won are The Prime Minister’s Prize for writers, the women’s writers’ prize, awards for beginning poets and for debut poetry book, the Tchernichovsky Prize for exemplary translation and more. She has participated in various local and international poetry festivals.

Her poems have been translated to more than 20 languages, and appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. 14 collections of her work were published in Lithuanian, Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, English and German. She has resided in Buenos Aires, Bogotá and New York.

Aviel Basil is among Israel’s most prominent and awarded illustrators who illustrated more than 90 children’s books, designs for animation and apps and works with various advertising agencies. Among the prizes and awards he won are silver medal of the Ben-Yitzhak award from the Israel Museum, the Sasa Setton award for literary excellence, shortlisted for The World Illustration Award, and twice winner of silver medal and excellence award of 3×3 Magazine of Contemporary Illustration (2020; 2016). His illustrations were selected for The Society of Illustrations exhibitions in NY in 2015 and 2022.