BOB
Genre: Children’s book
Category: Picture book age 2+
Publisher: Bókadeild Føroya Lærarafelags
Year: 2024
Pages: 32
ISBN: 978-99972-0-939-9
English sample translation available
Unique story and illustrations that fascinate people of all ages.
Oskarsson’s books are published in 20 languages!
Down to earth storytelling with a philosophical twist.
Bob picks out just the right carrot in the super market, but all of a sudden it is gone … He left it on the bus.
But then Hilbert walks by and maybe everything will work out after all.
Featured in the White Ravens 2024 catalogue and recipient of MGIP and ICMA awards.
Bárður Oskarsson is one of the most translated Faroese authors. Bob is the third book about Hilbert and Bob. The Tree, which is the first book in the series, won the Nordic Council’s Children’s Literature Award in 2018.
Awards
The Faroe Islands Culture Prize 2025
Rights sold to
USA
Denmark
Peru
Previous titles include
Hilbert, 2020
The Tree, 2017
The Flat Rabbit, 2007
A Dog, a Cat and a Mouse, 2004
Rights
Bókadeild Føroya Lærarafelags
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