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Blog Tour: Agnes's Place

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Agnes’s Place, by Marit Larsen/Illustrated by Jenny Løvlie, Translated by Kari Dickson, (March 2021, Amazon Crossing Kids), $17.99, ISBN: 9781542026758 Ages 4-7 Agnes wakes up every day in her familiar home, with her familiar life, but no one said it was always exciting. When you don’t have anyone to play with, and you’re the “only child in a place full of adults who never have time” it can be…

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“and in this moment, she stands there in the garden, a tree in waiting, something that will grow, blossom, bear fruit, lose fruit, lose her leaves, be covered in snow, etc., with an astonishing patience and the peace that is particular to apple trees.”

— gunnhild øyehaug, “apples” (trans. kari dickson), the best short stories of 2022: the o. henry prize winners ed. valeria luiselli

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The Watchlist: September 2019 - Words Without Borders

Each month, Tobias Carroll shares a handful of recently released or forthcoming titles in translation that he’s especially excited about. From Coffee House Press | When Death Takes Something from You Give It Back: Carl’s Book by Naja Marie Aidt, translated from the Danish by

The September Watchlist at Words Without Borders features Book*hug title FANNY AND THE MYSTERY IN THE GRIEVING FOREST by Rune Christiansen, trans. by Kari Dickson:  

"Set in the aftermath of tragedy, Christiansen’s novel unfolds as a series of stark fragments as protagonist Fanny comes to grips with her altered circumstances and endeavors to make connections with those around her. These fragments are sharper-edged than they seem, and the juxtaposition of whimsical feeling with an evocative handling of depression leads this novel toward its powerful, haunting conclusion.”

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Fanny and the Mystery in the Grieving Forest

A couple of months after her mother and father had died, on the day it was agreed with social services that Fanny could live on her own, as she wanted, she went up to her parents’ room. She looked …

"Fanny realized how tired she was when she came home from school in the evenings. How exhausted she was when she unlocked the front door. And as for the journey, she felt it was only for the sake of sleep that she went back to the house in the country."

Read the rest of this excerpt from the forthcoming FANNY AND THE MYSTERY IN THE GRIEVING FOREST (Bookhug), translated by Kari Dickson, at Literary Hub!

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Vanishing Colors by Constance Orbeck-Nilssen, illustrated by Akin Duzakin

Vanishing Colors by Constance Orbeck-Nilssen, illustrated by Akin Duzakin

Vanishing Colors by Constance Orbeck-Nilssen, illustrated by Akin Duzakin, translation by Kari Dickson. Eerdmans Books for Young Readers, 978-0-8028-5518-3, 2019

Format: Hardcover

Rating: 1-5 (5 is an excellent or a Starred review)     5

What did you like about the book?  Very timely book for children who only hear about immigrant families experiencing the loss of safety, their homes, families…

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