Klara Bartilsson
Klara Bartilsson is studied at HDK in Gothenburg and Camberwell College of Arts in London. She is an artist, illustrator and pattern designer. She debuted as a children’s book illustrator in 2021 with The Expedition, an adventure about the human body. The picture book Mom Is in Trouble was awarded the prestigious Swedish Academy children’s book prize Spårhunden in 2023. Her book The Pine Needle Child was nominated for the August Prize in 2024.
TUVALISA RANGSTRÖM
Illustrated by Klara Bartilsson
Translated from the Swedish by Saskia Vogel
A band of intrepid explorers embarks on a voyage across a strange frontier filled with mystery and beauty: the human body.
Donning his frock coat and ruffle collar, Tusseson documents everything that happens in his logbook: traveling by boat across the stomach’s stormy sea, paddling through the small intestine’s emerald green canals, camping at the lungs (despite all the wind!), climbing the muscle Mountains, escaping through the nerve forest to marvel at the night sky.
As his fellow travelers return home one by one, Tusseson is left to carry on alone… but he won’t give up until he finds the mystical meadows of the brain. Featuring lush and surreal illustrations, The Expedition renders the systems of the human body into wondrous landscapes that take readers on a fantastic voyage like no other.
Ages 4+ | Hardcover | 40 pages | ISBN: 9798893380019
April 15, 2025