Monika Beisner, a German author and an illustrator of children’s books, recently presented awards to children who took part in a local art competition.

The particpants had been invited to view an exhibition of Beisner’s illustrations of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, held last year at the National Museum of Archaeology in Valletta, after which artist and TV personality Salvu Mallia described the tales to the young visitors.

The children were subsequently asked to draw, paint or write about what they had experienced.

The winners received a year’s membership with Heritage Malta and a copy of The Heavenly Zoo, illustrated by Beisner.