Chop Chop – The Story of a Busy Robot

"Chop Chop is a masterpiece of our most popular picture book author, a picture book creator of original and unique picture-text stories, with an instantly recognizable style."

"The book is at its best when it's funny - for example when Chop Chop cleans the office and sings "I'm most comfortable in open office environments, I want to live here at work".

"With her new picture book ‘Chop chop’, Linda Bondestam consolidates her position as one of the Nordic region's most innovative and bold picture book artists."

“Linda Bondestam pushes the boundaries of the picture book format, both in terms of scope and theme, with this dystopian robot epic. Armed with equal parts humour and subtle social criticism, she draws a near future in which the existence of both humans and robots is questioned. No one needs to fear that Bondestam herself would be replaceable, this master epic shows that she can deliver. Chop chop!”

“In this exceptional picture book, a tireless little robot meets the pests of the modern world from abusing the workforce to arms race and nuclear war. Quirky and insightful illustrations and the viewpoint of the innocent robot’s journey depict human life with astonishing sharpness. Despite the heavy themes, the book is ultimately full of hope and even a catastrophe will sprout a new and perfect life.”

“An original, multi-layered picture book in which readers of all ages can find different themes and details and make different interpretations. Almost surreal in style, Chop Chop deals with the big questions of life, existence and humanity in a humorous and bold way. Phenomenal, wild illustrations transport the sympathetic protagonist from one situation and time to the next in this thought-provoking and startling story, which also offers a critique towards modern society and our way of life.”

"With a charmingly skewed, airy mixing technique and an aesthetic that quite often brings to mind Gunilla Bergström's early books about Alfie Atkins, Bondestam creates a challenging allegory of a society built on everything going fast, yes, preferably even faster than it did yesterday."

"I have long been in the habit of buying Linda Bondestam's books for my nephews as Christmas and birthday presents. I will continue to do so in the future."

"Linda Bondestam's saga of the future, critical of civilisation, contains both melancholy and humour in both text and images and could become a classic in the same way that the saga of Karl-Bertil Jonsson's Christmas Eve has become one. It deserves to be."

"She tells her story with a great deal of humour and you can actually feel hope for the future after reading her original multi-layered book."