Everyone Walks Away
Age 3+
Picture Books Personal & Social Issues: Racism & Multiculturalism
A beautiful, multi-layered picture book about loneliness, exclusion and belonging
Frank feels lonely when everyone walks away. Tilly, Paul and Milan are having fun. Frank cries tears into a pan and then adds sugar, and cooks and stirs for hours. Frank has made jam, his very own recipe. He will now invite the others for afternoon tea.
“The people are so small on the large spreads, the surroundings are diffuse, the colours melancholic. Even the objects are on their own. Leaves drop like tears. A gate, a fence, a cul-de-sac; all become barriers, excluding. There’s not a word, not a detail too many,” August Prize jury.
Creators
Eva Lindström has written and illustrated many highly acclaimed picture books. She has been nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award and eight times for the August award which she won in 2013. Lindström was born in 1952 and lives in Stockholm. She began her career as a comic artist and cartoonist, and has had a major influence on the new generation of comic book artists now emerging in Sweden.
Reviews
There’s not a word, not a detail too many.
August Prize jury
The book is eloquent yet playful with an emotionally charged message, and audiences will root for Frank as he takes a risk, sharing pieces of himself.
Foreword Reviews
A quiet story that will touch the reader. Everyone Walks Away is a real portrayal of friendships and belonging that deserves to be read aloud.
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