The Flat Rabbit

Flata kaninin

A cute and thought-provoking book on memento mori from the award-winning Faroese author/illustrator.

The award-winning Faroese author, Bárður Oskarsson, has an impressive 15 foreign languages on his list of translation sales.

The Flat Rabbit

Flata kaninin

A cute and thought-provoking book on memento mori from the award-winning Faroese author/illustrator.

The award-winning Faroese author, Bárður Oskarsson, has an impressive 15 foreign languages on his list of translation sales.

Synopsis

A rabbit is flattened on the road, and the dog and the rat find a good way to turn sorrow to joy.

In 2014, the book was nominated for the Children’s Literature Prize awarded by the West Nordic Council, as well as the Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize in 2014. Won the Golden Pear from Slovenia in 2017.

The Flat Rabbit
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Original Language: Faroese
Original Publisher: Bokadeild Føroya Lærarafelags
Published: 2011
16 pages
Category: Children's Books
Available material: English translation

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Territories Sold

Bulgarian: Damyan Yakov
Czech: Svojtka & CO
Danish: Torgard
English (Canada): Owlkids Books
English (UK): Darf Publishers
English (US): Owlkids Books
German: Verlagshaus Jacoby & Stuart
Hungarian: Középeurópei Sarkvidék Eysület
Icelandic: Draumsýn Bókaforlag
Italian: Errekappa Edizione
Korean: Jinsun Publishing Co.
Macedonian: PNV Publikcii
Norwegian: Orkana
Slovene: Zalozba Zala
Spanish (Latin America): Syncretic Press
Swedish: Kabusa
Ukrainian: Vydavnytstvo