Trygve Skaug
Ella K. Okstad (ill.)

If I Were Prime Minister

Hvis jeg var statsminister

Genre: Fiction
Category: Picture Book
Publisher: Cappelen Damm
Year: 2022
Pages: 40
ISBN: 9788202732462
English edition available

If I were prime minister, everyone who wanted a dog would get a dog
everyone who wanted a bike would get a bike
and everyone who wanted a friend would get at least two

This is an uplifting, inspiring and socially critical book in which Trygve Skaug’s poetic voice evokes a child’s perspective on several things the grown-ups running the country could have done better.

Colourful illustrations by Ella K. Okstad.

Trygve Skaug (b. 1985) is a songwriter, vocalist and poet. He is one of Norway’s bestselling poets, with over 25,000 books sold by his own publisher and 77,000 followers on Instagram.

Ella K. Okstad (b. 1973) has a degree from the Kent Institute of Art and Design in Maidstone, England. Okstad has won several awards for her illustrations, and has illustrated several children’s books. In 2003 she made her debut as a children’s book author.

Foreign rights

Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Republic Of Korea, Sweden, United Kingdom

Rights

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