Mary Rand Hess

Jun 25, 2024 | kirkusreviews.com | Sara Stridsberg |Beatrice Alemagna |Kwame Alexander |Mary Rand Hess

by Sara Stridsberg ; illustrated by Beatrice Alemagna ; translated by B.J. Woodstein ‧Two globally acclaimed creators—author Stridsberg and illustrator Alemagna—join forces in this boundary-pushing picture book for older readers translated from Swedish. Positioning the park as a liminal space, the spare, poetic text and beautifully unsettling art explore its endless possibilities as children play and wander: “It is the land beyond.