Nobody But Me
Will be published approx. on 9. July 2026
Book
Hardback
64 pages
978-1-64421-524-1 (ISBN)
Description
A young child journeys toward independence in this award-winning picture book, "visual narrative of the highest level."*
With richly evocative art by a two-time winner of NY Times’ Best Illustrated Books, here is a story of separation and return.
After a young boy unties the knot anchoring his small boat near his mother, he slips away from her on a gentle tide, floating off on a quiet and peaceful journey through town, jungle, and city. When he floats back to the beach—was it a few hours? a few minutes?—his mother is there at the water's edge right where he left her. Perhaps it was a dream? And yet he has returned from his solo adventure with a gift pressed into his palm, a tiny seed that when planted will grow on its own.
Separation from a parent, whether for a long period or just a few minutes, can fill a child with anxiety, but at other times that same child may long to do things on their own. Using gouache, collage and watercolor, Lundberg's stunning illustrations in Nobody But Me convey both the child’s agency and the unbreakable bond with his mother. Here is a story that will bring joy to young and old readers alike. 4-7 years.
"The author invite us to witness the magic of a perfect childhood [story].”**
*August Prize jury
**Special Mention Bologna Ragazzi Awards 2025, Fiction
With richly evocative art by a two-time winner of NY Times’ Best Illustrated Books, here is a story of separation and return.
After a young boy unties the knot anchoring his small boat near his mother, he slips away from her on a gentle tide, floating off on a quiet and peaceful journey through town, jungle, and city. When he floats back to the beach—was it a few hours? a few minutes?—his mother is there at the water's edge right where he left her. Perhaps it was a dream? And yet he has returned from his solo adventure with a gift pressed into his palm, a tiny seed that when planted will grow on its own.
Separation from a parent, whether for a long period or just a few minutes, can fill a child with anxiety, but at other times that same child may long to do things on their own. Using gouache, collage and watercolor, Lundberg's stunning illustrations in Nobody But Me convey both the child’s agency and the unbreakable bond with his mother. Here is a story that will bring joy to young and old readers alike. 4-7 years.
"The author invite us to witness the magic of a perfect childhood [story].”**
*August Prize jury
**Special Mention Bologna Ragazzi Awards 2025, Fiction
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Target group
Children/juvenile
Reading Age: From 4 to 7 years
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Paper over boards
Illustrations
1 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 272 mm
Width: 242 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
567 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-64421-524-1 (9781644215241)
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Persons
Sara Lundberg is one of Sweden's most lauded children's book creators and won that country's top children's book award, the August Prize, in 2017 for The Bird in Me Flies (English edition, Groundwood Books, 2020). The picture book Summer of Diving, written by Sara Stridsberg and illustrated by Lundberg (Triangle Square/Seven Stories Press, 2022) was named a New York Times Book Review Best Children's Book, and Lundberg's The Cat Way was one of 10 NYTBR Best illustrated books of the year in 2024. Her newest illustrated book, Nobody But Me (Triangle Square/Seven Stories Press, 2026), was nominated for the August Prize and won the 2025 Nordic Council Children & Young People Literature Prize. Lundberg lives in Stockholm, Sweden.