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Biografisk notat
Sara Lundberg studied at McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland, and at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm. She was a painter before she began to focus on picture books. She won the August Prize, Sweden's highest literary honor, for the original edition of this book, among other awards. In addition to authoring several titles, she has illustrated more than thirty children's books, including Skriv om och om igen, another August Prize winner. Sara lives in Stockholm, Sweden. B.J. Epstein is a writer, editor and translator. She is also a Senior Lecturer in the School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. A native of Chicago, she now makes her home in Norwich, UK.<p>The text itself is often spare and melancholy, translated beautifully from the original Swedish by Epstein, but it’s also infused with intimacy and familial warmth. The striking illustrations—of gouache, aquarelle, and collage—reflect the emotional journey. STARRED REVIEW</p>
Booklist
<p>Melancholy and moving.</p>
Kirkus Reviews
<p>Lundberg’s handsome biography of self-discovery remembers an artist who came to know without a doubt who she was meant to be.</p>
Publishers Weekly
<p>[I]mpressive. Certainly worthy of discovery.</p>
A Fuse #8 Production Blog
<p>A pensive, thoughtful and thought-provoking read.</p>
- Fab Book Reviews Blog,
- The Bird in Me Flies has won several awards in Sweden, including the August Prize, Sweden’s most important literary award for Best Swedish Children’s Book of the Year.
- The story is inspired by the early life of Swedish artist Berta Hansson (1910-1994), but at its core it is about a young girl’s determination to defy the social conventions of her time and follow her dreams.
- The text for this novel in verse is not long and along with the stunning illustrations provides a rich reading experience — one that might especially appeal to less fluent readers.
- The book has had wide international success — it has been translated into Korean, Danish, Arabic, English (in the UK and North America), Belarusian, Croatian and Hindi.
- Sara Lundberg’s blogpost on the creation of the book can be found at https://blog.picturebookmakers.com/post/182911913191/sara-lundberg.
- Curriculum connections include Language arts / novel study; History / women’s history; Art / art history, drawing, painting, sculpting.