How the Town Sleeps
Oskar Kroon & Josefin Sundqvist

- Original Title
- Så sover staden
- Published
- Rabén & Sjögren, 2023
- Genre
- Picture books
- Pages
- 32
- Tags
- Josefin Sundqvist, Oskar Kroon, Så sover staden
How the Town Sleeps
Oskar Kroon & Josefin Sundqvist
Two siblings have planted seeds in their windows
small plants grow there now, they grow in a row
In the park over there, the trees stand in a pattern
because that’s how it should be in the park in a town
A town gets ready to sleep. Maybe it’s a town quite like yours? Do you see the boy practicing the violin, and the father who fell asleep in the middle of the story? Or all those people freezing in line for the ski lift? Maybe you see the child eagerly waiting for the pancakes to be ready, and the ship that casts off and sails away into the darkness. And high above everything and everyone – silent and big and round – do you see the moon?
A wonderful depiction of a town’s people and surroundings, alternatively up close and at a distance. In atmospheric verse by August Prize winner Oskar Kroon, and illustrated by Josefi n Sundqvist, the illustrations combine stillness and movement, wakefulness and rest. A picture book gem for a quiet moment at bedtime.
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