Now We Are Friends, Right?

Ia Isaksson och Hanna Klinthage

An amusing and sensitive story about starting school and perhaps finding a new friend.

Mia believes this is the world’s most boring day. Summer is soon to be over, and she will start school, but no friends are home yet. Or, well, May is, but she’s a year older and can cartwheel perfectly and probably wouldn’t want to be with Mia who’s just 6 years old and not even really in school yet. But when her father suggests to put his old tent up by the courtyard- May actually seems a little curious. She would even like to come into the tent. Now, will they become friends?

With pitch perfect humour and emotion, Ia Isaksson portrays the significant turning point between preschool and school and what it can be like to admire someone older. The August prize awarded illustrator Hanna Klinthage contributes with a warm palette and an expressive body language making its way straight into the reader’s heart.

”Ia Isaksson proved her finely tuned children’s perspective already in her debut Frog, popsicle, stick. Together with August prize awarded illustrator Hanna Klinthage she tells a tale that is felt about what it can be like to grow up and start something new.” – Skånska Dagbladet

”With just as much sensibility as humour, Ia Isaksson writes a story to relate to about standing right at the border to something great, at the same time as everything else surrounding it stays just the same //…// A low-key, everyday-drama and further an independent sequel to her warm debut Frog, ice cream, stick (2023)” – Dagens Nyheter

“A solid and truly delightful read.” – btj, 5/5

Books by Ia Isaksson