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SPRING 2016 EVA LINDSTRÖM MUSSE LILLA PIRATFÖRLAG
ET RIGHTS: LILLA PIRATFÖRLAGET “ Despite Musse’s bad breath, thin pancake ears and snail’s pace gait, there’s no finer dog.” Musse Despite Musse’s bad breath, thin pancake ears and snail’s pace gait, there’s no finer dog. With a glint in its eye and with Eva Lindström’s inimitable colour palette and humour, with text and visuals full of everyday observations and playfulness, we’re invited to witness a child’s unconditional love for a dog. Musse is a book to read and rediscover again and again. Eva Lindström uses interesting 23 visual and textual narrative techniques – the book’s pictures give extra information, with unexpected ways into and interpretations of the text. Eva Lindström has been nominated for the August Prize, one of Sweden’s foremost literary prizes, more than any other author or illustrator, and she has been awarded many distinctions for her work.