Life According to Dunne

Original title: Livet enligt Dunne

Series: Dunne

Category: Children / Fiction 6-9

Pub date: 13-04-2015

Format: 128 pages, 148 x 210 mm, b/w illustrations

Life According to Dunne

Rose Lagercrantz, illustrated by Eva Eriksson

In the fourth book in the Dunne series, it is Dunne’s first summer holiday and the best so far! She is on an island with Ella Frida, her best friend in the whole wide world, while her father is in hospital recovering from a traffic accident. At first, he rings her every day but then suddenly the calls stop. Dunne is worried but Ella Frida knows how to comfort her and make her feel better. Then one day, dad turns up, on crutches and with a nurse! The visit is not what anyone expected…

The books in the Dunne series have been translated into twenty-seven languages, sold over 1,4 million copies world-wide and received numerous awards. The first book in the series, My Happy Life, was named one of The New York Times Most Notable Books in 2013 and was nominated for the Prix Sorcières 2014 as well as the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis 2012. This easy-to-read series deals with emotions in a way that children can understand and relate to and is perfectly complemented by the warm and endearing illustrations.

Rose Lagercrantz has written about forty books since her debut in 1973. Her books have been awarded with the Astrid Lindgren Prize, The August Prize, Heffaklumpen and The Nils Holgersson plaque.

Eva Eriksson is one of the best-loved illustrators in Sweden, whose awards include the Astrid Lindgren prize and the August Prize. Eva Eriksson has illustrated children’s books for over 30 years, and she has also made her own children’s books and animated film.

Rights sold

Danish: Lamberth
English: Gecko Press
Finnish: Kustannus Mäkelä
German: Moritz
Hebrew: Tal-May
Hungarian: Cerkabella Könyvkiadó
Isländnska: litli Sæhesturinn
Latvian: Zvaigzne
Norwegian: Dreyers Forlag
Polish: Wydawnictwo Zakamarki
Romanian: Grup Media Litera
Russian: KompasGuide
Slovak: Verbarium
Slovenian: Zala
Vietnamese: Kimdong

Madelene Hovstadius

Literary Agent | Fiction & Non-Fiction, Childrens' & YA

madelene.hovstadius@bonnierrights.se

+46 8 696 89 10

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