Badger Goes Missing

A lovely collaboration of warm storytelling by Sanna Sofia Vuori, and traditional illustrations by Cara Knuutinen. These picture books by the duo are for both story-loving children and adult readers who are taken back to their childhood with the more classic-styled illustrations. 

In this sweet story, a child has a stuffed animal she calls Badger. Badger becomes the child’s best friend, and one day, she takes him to the kindergarten. However, along the way, Badger becomes curious and goes to a dog in a park and is forgotten in the hurry! Left behind in the park, Badger meets another stuffed animal, a ragged rabbit, who has been through the worst possible experience that a stuffed animal could imagine. 

Little Badger, however, is a resilient character and does not give up, and he becomes reunited with the child.

 

A lovely collaboration of warm storytelling by Sanna Sofia Vuori, and traditional illustrations by Cara Knuutinen. These picture books by the duo are for both story-loving children and adult readers who are taken back to their childhood with the more classic-styled illustrations. 

In this sweet story, a child has a stuffed animal she calls Badger. Badger becomes the child’s best friend, and one day, she takes him to the kindergarten. However, along the way, Badger becomes curious and goes to a dog in a park and is forgotten in the hurry! Left behind in the park, Badger meets another stuffed animal, a ragged rabbit, who has been through the worst possible experience that a stuffed animal could imagine. 

Little Badger, however, is a resilient character and does not give up, and he becomes reunited with the child.

 

info

  • Year of publication

    2020

  • Original title

    Grävling borta

  • Page count

    24

  • Original publisher

    Förlaget M

  • Original language of publication

    Swedish

Reviews

  • Hufvudstadsbladet

    "Sanna Sofia Vuori is a skilled writer who creates great drama with small means. There is a quirky finesse in letting the child herself imagine what happens to the friend gone astray."

  • Bibliotekstjänst (Swedish Library Journal)

    "Badger Goes Missing is an excellent picture book where repetition and alliteration help create a rhythmic reading. It is poignant, playful, and at the same time insightfully written."

  • Vasabladet

    "A small, everyday drama from the perspective of the lost, portrayed with creativity and warmth."

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