The Story of The Blue Planet
The Story of the Blue Planet
/ A book for children, 1999
/ Winner of the Icelandic Literary Prize. / The Janusz Korczak Honorary Award. / The National Theatre Prize for New Plays. / Nomination for the IBBY International Honour List 2001 for illustrations. / The West Nordic Literature Prize 2002. / Nomination for the Nordic Children’s Book Award. / Nomination for The Reykjavik Educational Council Children’s Book Prize. / Nomination for the IBBY Award. / Nomination for 5 DORA awards -Toronto 2005. / Published in 18 languages / Staged in 5 countries.
On a blue planet far out in space there are no adults, only children. They are wild children who play when they want to and go to sleep when they are tired, without anyone telling them what to do. Then a mysterious man lands on the planet, and teaches them how to fly when the sun shines by flicking the dust off butterflies wings. A perilous adventure ensues, taking the children through dark forests, deep valleys and skies of blue. Their friendship and ingenuity are put to the test as never before in the most dangerous adventure a child could imagine.
The text designed and illustrated by artist Aslaug Jonsdottir (b. 1963).
The Story of the Blue Planet has been published in the following countries: France (Gallimard), Italy (RCS Libri/Fabbri Editori); Spain (Omega), Denmark (GAD), Sweden (Kabusa), Faroe Islands (Bókadeildin), Greenland (Atuakkiorfik), Estonia (Eesti Raamat), Yugoslavia (Izdavacka Kuca Draganic); Thailand (Image Publishing). Serbia (Draganic), South Korea (Seoul media), Greece (Patakis), Norway (Karviland), Finnland, (Pieni Karhu), Japan (Gakken), Germany (Leibziger kinderbuchverlag). China (Bjkpress) , Lithaenia (Zara).
The play BLUE PLANET was produced by LKTYP in Toronto in january 2005.
