Brownis a warm and powerful story of friendship and courage, full of creativity and everyday magic.From the jury statement, Nordic Council Children's and Young People's Literature Prize Guided by his grandfathers ghost, two cans of paint, and a little help from his friends, Brown can do anything! Just as long as nobody's parents find out. Brown is the fantastical first book in the award-winningMy Alter Ego Is A Superheroseries from Norway, Brown has been sold into twenty-seven languages and is illustrated throughout by the now-familiar and belovedyvind Torseter. New in the neighborhood and hounded by fort-wrecking bullies, Rusty is looking glum. And to top it all off, his grandfather has just died. Rusty is stuck sorting out his emotions while the adults are busy sorting out the practicalities with the hospital. But one dark night, after watching a superhero movie on TV, Rusty gets an ideaDressed in brown pants, a black-and-brown striped shirt, a brown mask and cape, and his mothers brown belt, the superhero BROWN is born!Guided by his grandfathers ghost, two cans of paint, and a little help from his friends, Brown can do anything! Just as long as nobody's parents find out. yvind Torseter is a Norwegian artist and illustrator who has created eight books on his own and several with other authors. Hes received numerous awards for his books, including a Bologna Ragazzi Award and the Norwegian Book Art Prize. In 2014, yvind was a finalist for the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award. Other titles with Enchanted Lion Books include: My Fathers Arms Are a Boat, The Hole, Why Dogs Have Wet Noses, The Heartless Troll and others.

 

 

This book is the winner of numerous awards

This book is part of a book series called My Alter Ego Is a Superhero .

This book is aimed at children at US kindergarten-5th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 6-10 years.

There are 136 pages in this book. This book was published in 2019 by Enchanted Lion Books .

Brown was Hakon Ovrea s' first book for children and received numerous awards, including the Norwegian Ministry of Culture's Literature Prize in 2013. The translation rights for Brown have been sold to 30 languages. He has also written several collections of poetry for adults. Oyvind Torseter is an artist and one of Norway's most acclaimed illustrators. He employs both traditional and digital picture techniques and has created six picture books on his own and many others with different authors. Torseter has received numerous prizes for his books, which have been translated into many languages. My Father's Arms Are A Boat (Enchanted Lion Books, 2012) was his first book to be published in the United States. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Kari Dickson grew up bilingually, as her mother is Norwegian and her grandparents could not speak English. She holds a B. A. in Scandinavian studies and an M. A. in translation.