Join amazing Helsinki-based illustrator Linda Bondestam for a pajama storytime, an illustrator draw-off, and more fun virtual events for her new picture book, Good Night, Earth!
Illustrator Draw-off at Wordplay 2021
Wednesday, May 5 at 9 am CDT / 10 am EDT
Linda will compete against fellow illustrators Jon Klassen, Charnelle Pinkney Barlow, and Mike Wohnoutka in a live-illustration draw-off, voted on by audience members. Each round, the moderator will give a new prompt to the illustrators, then YOU get to vote for your favorite.
PJ Storytime at Wild Rumpus (Minneapolis, MN)
Tuesday, May 11 at 6 pm CDT / 7 pm EDT
Put on your PJs and snuggle up for a live virtual story time with Linda, who will be joining all the way from Finland. She will read her book, show some of her artwork, and answer audience questions.
Story and Craft Time at the National Nordic Museum (Seattle, WA)
Thursday, June 3 at 10 am PDT / 1 pm EDT
Join children’s librarian Sara Jensen for a Good Night, Earth story time, featuring a special video message from Linda. After the story, Sara will teach kids how to make a craft with items found at home.
Story Time with Books Are Magic (Brooklyn, NY)
Sunday, June 13
Linda Bondestam leads a cozy story time from her couch in Helsinki, Finland. Watch the recording.
About the Author
© Niklas Sandström
Linda Bondestam is an illustrator based in Helsinki. A graduate of Kingston University in London, she has illustrated dozens of children's books that have been translated into more than ten languages. One of the most celebrated illustrators in the Nordic countries, Linda was awarded the Snöbollen for Swedish Picture Book of the Year in 2016 and the Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize in 2017 for Djur som ingen sett utom vi (Animals that no one has seen except us). She was also nominated for the August Prize in 2020 for Mitt bottenliv (My life at the bottom) and is a six-time ALMA nominee, among various other awards. Good Night, Earth is her authorial debut.
by Linda Bondestam
Translated from the Swedish by Galit Hasan-Rokem
Yonder: Restless Books for Young Readers | Ages 3–6
From the savanna to the city to outer space, celebrated Nordic children’s book illustrator Linda Bondestam offers a charming peek at the many ways we settle in for sleep, with gorgeous, dreamlike illustrations full of offbeat humor.
Hardcover • ISBN: 9781632062864
Publication date: Apr 27, 2021