Brown

New in the neighborhood and hounded by fort-wrecking bullies, Rusty is looking glum. And to top it all off, his grandfather has just died. Rusty is stuck sorting out his emotions while the adults are busy sorting out the "practicalities" with the hospital. But one dark night, after watching a superhero movie on TV, Rusty gets an idea...

Publisher: Enchanted Lion Books
Published: 06/04/2019
Pages: 136
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 6.90h x 5.00w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781592702510
Age: Ages 9-12


Award: Mildred L. Batchelder Award - Winner


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 05/01/2019 pg. 100
Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks 09/01/2019
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2019 - Recommended, Satisfactory

About the Author
Brown was Håkon Øvreås' first book for children and received numerous awards, including the Norwegian Ministry of Culture's Literature Prize in 2013. The translation rights for Brown have been sold to 30 languages. He has also written several collections of poetry for adults.
Born in 1972, Øyvind Torseter is an artist and one of Norway's most acclaimed illustrators. He employs both traditional and digital picture techniques and has created six picture books on his own and many others with different authors. Torseter has received numerous prizes for his books, which have been translated into many languages. My Father's Arms Are A Boat (Enchanted Lion Books, 2012) was his first book to be published in the United States.
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Kari Dickson grew up bilingually, as her mother is Norwegian and her grandparents could not speak English. She holds a B.A. in Scandinavian studies and an M.A. in translation.