Swedish Books for Young Readers 1
19 Swedish Books for Young Readers Sara Lundberg
The White Lines Series, picture books, 2009-2013, 4 titles, Alfabeta Rights: Alfabeta Imaginative and poetic stories with detailed illustrations that sprawl over the pages. Vita is the girl who paints the white lines in the roads. Windsor is a more carefree spirit who lets himself be carried away on the winds. They are very different personalities, but very close friends. The Bird Within Me Flies Wherever It Wants, picture book/children’s fiction, 2017, Mirando Bok Rights: Koja Agency Sara Lundberg is educated at McDaniel College, USA, and at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm. Her picture books, four titles all in all, about the girl Vita and boy Windsor were her debut titles. Today, she is acknowledged both as an illustrator and as a writer of children’s books and has been nominated to The Nordic Council Literature Award for her works. She has won the August Prize several times, in 2017 for her critically acclaimed The Bird Within Me Flies Wherever It Wants. This beautifully illustrated novel in verse, inspired by the paintings, letters and diaries of Swedish artist Berta Hansson (1910-1994), is a universal story of grief, longing and following your dreams. The Summer of Diving, text by Sara Stridsberg picture book, 2019, Mirando Bok Rights: Koja Agency A vibrant story about a parent’s lost joy of living and a child’s longing for closeness, but also about the power of dream and imagination. Photo: Ola Kjelbye