Beate Muri

John Elton’s vitamin deficient life

Jon Eltons vitaminfattige liv

John Elton lives in a block of flats downtown, where he is quite content except for one thing: He has the darkest, shabbiest and messiest backyard in the city. John has an idea and he manages to get her big girlfriend Ivrina, who has recently moved in the neighbouring flat, to join his plan. What if they tore down all the fences and created one huge, bright backyard? Not everyone is convinced that change is a good thing, so they need to come up with more powerful ammo than signature campaigns.

Muri’s humoristic style and chatty language suits John’s daring project. With legendary Norwegian rock-singer Jokke as soundtrack, their glowing enthusiasm spreads throughout the urban jungle. The backyard children dare to show that solidarity means all for one.

From 10 years.

Photo: Håkon Råme

Beate Muri is one of the first graduates from
The Norwegian Institute for Children’s Books. She has written several books about the history of Norway. This is her first children’s book.