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41 Autumn 2017 Sarah Sheppard (b. 1971) Explorers
and Adventurers Publisher Bonnier Carlsen www.bonniercarlsen.se Rights Bonnier Rights mathilde.coffy@bonnierrights.se Selected Works Viktiga kartor för äventyrare och dagdrömmare Picture book 2013 Djuren i skogen Picture book 2014 Hajar Picture book 2015 Literary Prizes Carl von Linnéplaketten 2014 Explorers and Adventurers Sarah Sheppard is one of Sweden’s most popular non-fiction writers, and has become famous for successfully combining her love of knowledge with a good dose of comedy. The result has been a long line of irresistible books about dinosaurs, sharks, forest animals, and world maps. Now she’s set her sights on explorers and adventurers. Sarah Sheppard guides the reader through history with the intense interest of the geek. Who was Christopher Columbus? What went wrong with Andrée’s Arctic balloon expedition? Who was first to climb Mount Everest? And what really happened to the space dog Laika? The layout with text boxes, speech bubbles, images and graphic elements gives the reader multiple ways into the stories. This is fascinating stuff for both young and old! Photo: Andreas Apell