The Moon Tower Per Gustavsson The Moon Tower Per Gustavsson 32 pages. Hard cover Age: 3–6 September 2014
Per Gustavsson is an illustrator and an author, born in 1962 and living in Stockholm. He’s illustrated a number of books, both his own and others’, and his illustrations are often seen in magazines. His books about the Princess have been a huge success for over 10 years.
PHOTO: KRISTOFER SAMUELSSON
Ragnar thinks the moon is the most exciting thing in the world. Is there any way to go there? He goes to the circus and asks the human canon ball, that should work – to be shot there by a canon. But that takes circus training. Ragnar goes to an astronaut to ask, but it turns out that it takes a whole lot of education to borrow a space shuttle. Maybe I could build a tower, Ragnar thinks, and gets to it. It turns into an adventurous climb towards the beckoning moon in the sky. A moving and philosophical story of children who find their own clever solutions, and let their appetite for discovery guide them and gives their imagination free rein.
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