My Happy Life

Named A Notable Book of 2013 by New York Times, Nominated to the Prix Sorciéres and the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis.

This particular night, Dunne can’t get to sleep. “Count sheep!” Dad says. But Dunne counts other things instead: all the times she has been happy – and unhappy. Dunne has longed to start school as long as she can remember. But when it is actually time, she feels as if her legs won’t carry her – what if she doesn’t make any friends! Going to school without having any friends there, that would be the worst nightmare possible, much worse than not being able to learn how to read and write. Luckily, Dunne and Ella Frida find each other in the school yard the very next day.

Dunne is happy, and when she and Dad celebrate Christmas with Granny and Grandpa, she can’t resist longing for school to begin, where she’ll see Ella Frida again. But when they finally return to school, something horrible has happened during the holidays. Ella Frida has to move away to another city! And Dunne doesn’t understand how she is ever going to be happy again.

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. 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.

Madelene Hovstadius

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

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