Barbro lindgren

 

Barbro Lindgren, born in 1937, is a Swedish author of innovative and multifaceted works for children of all ages. The winner of the world’s largest children’s literature prize, the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award (ALMA), her body of work includes picture books, poetry, plays, and books for young adults. Since her debut as an author in 1965, she has published over a hundred titles, and her work has been translated into more than thirty languages.

 

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Look Hamlet
Look Hamlet
$17.99

by Barbro Lindgren

Illustrated by Anna Höglund

Translated from the Swedish by Rachel Willson-Broyles

A hilarious, darkly comic graphic retelling of Shakespeare’s Hamlet in radically condensed prose by legendary Swedish children’s author Barbro Lindgren and illustrator Anna Höglund.

Hardcover • ISBN: 9781632062598
Publication date: Oct 29, 2019

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The Face: A Time Code + Look Hamlet + Silence of the Chagos

Irresistible books for small pockets, small purses, large dollhouses, emergency go bags, and bookshelves that are overstuffed but could maybe fit one or three more.

 
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Peek Inside the Dark, Strange, Hilarious World of "Look Hamlet"
Peek Inside the Dark, Strange, Hilarious World of "Look Hamlet"

Starring a lop-eared bunny Hamlet and a host of other jealous, poison-drinking, murderous woodland creatures, Look Hamlet is the irresistible lovechild of Edward Gorey and Beatrix Potter. It’s illustrated with grim whimsy and surprising depth of feeling by award-winning Swedish artist Anna Höglund, and we’re delighted to share a look at those illustrations here.

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