Nobody But Me

“During a watery outdoor outing, a child embarks on a captivating adventure in Lundberg’s richly illustrated evocation of early independence. Realistic-feeling dialogue sets the tone: “Do you know what, Mom?… You’re the pier. And I’m the boat.” After proudly untying the knot that tethers a small raft to a dock’s piling, the pale-skinned youth floats away from their mother as storytelling turns wordless. Lush, thickly colored paintings trace the protagonist’s journey through a stand of mangroves to an active urban waterway to a water park where another child gives them a seed. Moving on to a forest, their raft capsizes, but a group of leaf-clad, sprite-like creatures who have appeared throughout provide help and warming comfort. Slightly shaken,the youth returns to Mom for a reassuring embrace, and the pair reflect on when the child’s seed might sprout. Unfolding via panels and full-bleed spreads, shadowy and dreamy artwork yields a meditative visual telling about solo exploration. Background characters are portrayed with various skin tones.”
—Publishers Weekly

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.

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