Mom Is in Trouble

Daniel Sjölin & Klara Bartilsson

Karl Hygge is furious. During the night, someone has sabotaged his expensive logging machine and now he can’t cut down any trees! The police suspect that Sabertooth and Big Sister’s mom. But nothing is what it first seems! Who’s the villain and who’s the hero? And does the mythological Giant Golden Beetle really exist?
A pine-forest smelling picture book drama about secrets and lies, crime and punishment – and what is really worth something in the end.

Daniel Sjölin, born in 1977, is an author, presenter, and culture writer. He debuted in 2002 with the novel Oron bror, which also received Borås newspaper’s debutant prize. For many years, he was the presenter of Swedish national broadcaster SVT’s literature program Babel and now works for Expressen’s cultural editorial department.

Klara Bartilsson is an artist, illustrator and print designer based in Gothenburg, Sweden. She has previously illustrated The Expedition, written by Tuvalisa Rangström, also represented by Koja agency.

Press voices

“Klara Bartilsson completely swallows the reader into the picture of the late summer evening that makes me associate the mystic to Hans Arnold and the deep which can be seen lurking to the master of the green Henre Rousseau.” Pia Huss, Expressen

“Wastefully rich picture book” Lotta Olsson, Dagens Nyheter