BOOKS

Me and Everybody

Original title: Jag och alla
Author: Ylva Karlsson
Published: Rabén & Sjögren, 2019

How does it feel to whoosh forward on the highway in one’s dad’s truck, or to grow up in a war-torn place, or to do whatever one wants without an adult saying no?

These are some of the reflections the children in Me and Everybody have. In this book, the reader gets to meet ten very different children in ten different places, whom all ponder what it would be like to be in somebody else’s shoes.

August Prize winner Sara Lundberg (The Bird Within Me Flies Wherever It Wants, 2017) has together with celebrated author Ylva Karlsson created a moving book with spectacular illustrations. Every scene is a work of art. A book that raises questions and wonder about similarities and differences, prejudice and identity, perfect to read and discuss together.