Torill Kove

Threads

Tråder

Threads is based on Torill Kove’s latest animated film of the same name. A red thread lifts a woman up and leads her to a small child. The child is anxious and doesn’t like to be touched, but eventually the two are tied together. We follow them through the child’s upbringing – until the thread loosens and the child goes its own way.

A poignant and touching story about love and attachment, told almost without a single word.

Age: 5 – 9

“It is really wonderful how a few small sentences can have such a deep impact and can so accurately describe what is really important in life. It is a great book to talk to children about life and unconditional love.”

Leesbevordering in de klas

“It feels like a universal story about love, security, growth and independence, exactly what a human life entails from baby to adulthood. … The love between mother and child is beautifully represented.”

Noordhollands Dagblad

Torill Kove (b. 1958) has written and illustrated several children’s books based on her animated films. The animated short The Danish Poet won an Oscar in 2007, and she was again nominated for an Oscar for the aminated short Moulton and me. She has also illustrated the Johannes Jensen books, and directed the animated film Hokus Pokus Alfons Åberg (swe.). Torill Kove lives in Canada.