Billie and Bo / Billie and Bo and the Phenomenal Christmas
Billie og Bo / Billie og Bo og den heidundrandes jula
Billie and Bo
“The first time I saw Billie, she was dead. Dead as a dodo, lying at the edge of a ditch one Thursday morning on the way to school.”
Nine year old Bo has decided not to ever have a best friend again. When Billie joins Bo’s class and choose him as her friend, there’s nothing he can say about her decision. Besides, Bo finds it pretty nice to have a completely fearless friend.
But what do you do when what is fun and exciting suddenly goes a little too far?
Billie and Bo and the Phenomenal Christmas
Billie and Bo love December! When they discover an old kicksled in the basement, they love December even more. The city is snowy and white, and soon Billie and Bo start the best ever Christmas Club to bring about the Christmas spirit. And it is needed, because not everyone is happy during the Advent season. It’s a mystery why Billie’s father doesn’t like Christmas. Bo never stops hoping that Santa on Christmas Eve can be someone else than the neighbor, for example the father he never met. It looks like it’s going to be an extraordinary December. Maybe it is true what Billie says, that Christmas is the time of year when our heart sings.
Illustrated in b/w by Nora Brech.
Winner of the 2024 Brage Prize
‘Sparklingly good […] takes good care of the legacy from Astrid Lindgren’
NRK, 5/6 stars
‘Sympathetic and warm […] offers a golden read experience with both energy and feelings.’
Dagbladet, 5/6 stars
‘The author transforms existence from boring to fun, from grey to sparkling.’
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