Who Can’t Sleep?
Who Can’t Sleep?
Stina Wirsén, illustrated by Stina WirsénSleeping over at a friend’s house is exciting. You need to take your toothbrush. And a cuddly toy. But what if it’s too scary? What if it smells funny? Or what if they have funny sandwiches and the wrong kind of cheese? What if other mummies don’t know how to read a bedtime story properly?
Sold in over a million copies in Sweden alone, Stina Wirsén’s Who series deals with important and difficult topics with impressive simplicity and commitment for both young and old. With sensitivity and a genuine interest for the child’s perspective, Wirsén is masterful at finding the conflict and drama in everyday situations and guiding both the child and parent through all of life’s big emotions.
The stories are seemingly straight-forward, but never one to shy away from the complexity of life, the Who series tackles questions of grief, frustration, jealousy, loneliness, excitement, and joy, always written with warmth and humour. A Swedish Modern Family for children, the family constellations are a reflection of our time, with single mothers and fathers, stepparents, nuclear families and families of two moms or dads. Wirsén is known and beloved for writing the world as it is, rather than how we wish it would be, perfectly suited for the age group without sugar-coating reality.
Rights sold
Chinese (simp.)/Petrel Publishing
Danish/Forlaget Vilde Dyr
Korean/Moonji Publishing Co.
