Upwards, Upwards!

Maria Trolle

“It’s going slow, but I am going up,” the caterpillar thinks. She dug and scratched, and slowly she could make out light above. The world above was big and new.
“I hope no one notices me,” the caterpillar thought as she carefully crawled out.

On sparkling and colorful spreads, the tiny caterpillar’s difficult journey from caterpillar to butterfly is depicted. About what it is like to be in the middle of a process of development when everything is changing, but you don’t really understand what is happening or how to do it. Even if the way there feels both incomprehensible and full of obstacles.

Maria Trolle is a graphic designer and illustrator. Her interest in botany and nature permeates her art and she frequently draws on inspiration from her own garden. Maria has previously illustrated a variety of popular coloring books and children’s books.

Press voices

”Maria Trolle is a fantastic illustrator and storyteller. She has written a wonderful book about a butterfly’s journey form a small pupa into a butterfly and the way there. The illustrations are magical in this picture book and filled with details so that you almost wish that you could step into the book and live in the butterfly’s home for a while because it seems so cozy. “ Barnboksprat

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