Written by Triinu Laan and Illustrated by Marja-Liisa Plats
The skeleton model used for teaching anatomy at school is sent into retirement. Gramps reckons that every hardworking employee deserves to relax after years spent on the job, so he brings John the skeleton to his farm. Gramps takes the skeleton pretty much everywhere he goes, be it to trim the apple trees, listen to a bedtime story, or hear the way the lake sings. John is unbelievably happy, and so is everyone else around him – especially the grandkids!
Rights sold: English, Greek, Czech, Polish, Lithuanian, Latvian, Croatian, Slovenian, Finnish, Italian & Korean
Hardback / 180cm x 260cm / 32 pages / Paike Ja Pilv
Awards:
2025 – Mildred L. Batchelder Award
2022 – Bologna Children’s Book Fairs Illustrators Exhibition winner
2021 – The White Raven
2025 – The Kirkus Prize finalist
2025 – Italian Andersen Prize