Don't! (Innbundet)

Author:

Gro Dahle

Norwegian title: Ikke!
Author:
Binding: Innbundet
Year: 2022
Pages: 48
Illustrator: Nyhus, Svein
Publisher: Cappelen Damm
Språk: Bokmål
ISBN/EAN: 9788202757045
Kategori: Children's Books
Age: 3 - 6
Overview Ikke!

Tiki wants to climb the tall tree. Tiki wants to pet dogs and jump in puddles and go on the swing at top speed. Don’t swing so high! dad yells. Don’t pet the dogs you don’t know! yells mum. Don’t pet dogs you know either because no dogs are safe. Don’t climb up the bookshelf! Don’t eat so much sugar! Don’t! Don’t! We just don’t want anything bad to happen to you! says mum and dad.

But it’s not that easy for Tiki when her parents constantly limit her, and she begins to shrink. She becomes so small that she can fit inside a snow globe. Tiki must use strong powers to become herself again, to dare exist in a world in between everything that is dangerous.

Don’t! is a thought-provoking and fun picture book from Gro Dahle and Svein Nyhus. A lovely story for all children who are itching to explore the world around them, and not least as a reminder for all parents to nag their children a little less.

NOMINATED TO THE NORDIC COUNCIL CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE PRIZE

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Reviews Ikke!

Til barnets beste 30.11.2022


«Til barnets beste»

"INGEN TVIL om at forfatterne Gro Dahle og hennes mann Svein Nyhus har som et av sine kunstprosjekter å verne om barnets verdier."

« …i det talende og levende samspillet mellom Gro Dahles tekst og Svein Nyhus sine ekspressive illustrasjoner får temaet «Ikke» suggestiv kraft som ikke er til å misforstå.»

 
Finn Stenstad, Tønsberg Blad

Bekmørkt om helikopterforeldre 30.11.2022


«Ikke! er en bok av kontraster, alt er satt på spissen, foreldres verden versus barnas, fornuft versus følelser, glede versus frykt, natur versus kultur.»


«Boken er ment for barn i alderen 3–6 år, men passer også til alle helikopter-foreldre som forveksler kjærlighet med kontroll …»


«… en fabel med et bekmørkt budskap om å la barn få en større frihet til å klatre, falle, og reise seg opp igjen.»

Ruth Hege Halstensen, barnebokkritikk.no

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Author Gro Dahle

Gro Dahle (b. 1962) writes for both children and adults. As a children's author she is known for her poetic books on themes that are often given little attention. Her poetry collections Riddles of Rain and A Hundred Thousand Hours have solid places in the canon of modern Norwegian poetry. She has also published novels and short stories.

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Foreign rights
Denmark
Egypt
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