Reading guide to Eva Lindström
Welcome to the quirky world of Eva Lindström’s picture books! It’s a place where people, animals and nature live side by side on their own terms. This guide is designed to accompany Lindström’s picture book Everyone Walks Away, providing an introduction to a writer and illustrator whose works employ absurd humour to stretch the boundaries of what a story can be.
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Reading guide to Everyone Walks Away
About the reading guide
This guide was written by Maria Lassén-Seger, project researcher in literary studies and Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award jury member, 2008–2021. Our reading guides are to be used in book circles, in schools or just as inspiration for further reading.
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Eva Lindström is a Swedish picture book artist. She has published some 35 solo titles and has illustrated many books by other authors. Her work has been honored with multiple awards. She writes stories that shift between the everyday and the existential, combining shrewd humour with absurd mystery.
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