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Nobody But Me
  • Published: 4 August 2026
  • ISBN: 9781644215241
  • Imprint: Seven Stories Press
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 64
  • RRP: $49.99

Nobody But Me

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Celebrate a young child’s journey toward independence in this  award-winning picture book, "visual narrative of the highest level."*

With richly evocative art by a two-time winner of NY Times’ Best Illustrated Books, here is a story of separation without anxiety.

Celebrate a young child’s journey toward independence in this award-winning picture book, a "visual narrative of the highest level."*

With richly evocative art by a two-time winner of NY Times’ Best Illustrated Books, here is a story of separation without anxiety.

After a young boy unties the knot anchoring his small boat near his mother, he slips away from her on a gentle tide. Floating off on a quiet and peaceful journey through town, jungle, and city, the child is all the while watched over by satyrs and wild animals as he passes by. When he floats back to the beach—was it a few hours? a few minutes?—his mother is there at the water's edge right where he left her. Perhaps it was a dream? And yet he has returned from his solo adventure with a gift pressed into his palm, a tiny seed that when planted will grow on its own.

Separation from a parent, whether for a long period or just a few minutes, can fill a child with anxiety, but at other times that same child may struggle to be and do things on their own. Using gouache, collage and watercolor, Lundberg's stunning illustrations in Nobody But Me convey both the child’s agency and the unbreakable bond with his mother. Here is a story that will bring joy to young and old readers alike. 4-7 years.

*August Prize jury
  • Published: 4 August 2026
  • ISBN: 9781644215241
  • Imprint: Seven Stories Press
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 64
  • RRP: $49.99
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About the authors

Sara Lundberg

SARA LUNDBERG is the author and illustrator of four books and the illustrator of many others. Her work has been awarded the Swedish Book Award and the August Prize among many others, and has been included on the IBBY Honour List. She lives in Stockholm, Sweden.
SL

B.J. Woodstein

B.J. WOODSTEIN is a Swedish-to-English translator, writer, editor, and doula, as well as a senior lecturer in literature and translation at the University of East Anglia. She lives with her wife and their children in Norwich, England.
B.J

Praise for Nobody But Me

"Sara Lundberg . . . explores the picture book medium with a unique sharpness and thoughtfulness. The gurgling of the sun-warmed water seduces both the reader and the book's protagonist, who with a growing agency floats away from the mother's security towards the new and unexplored. . . . a visual narrative of the highest level." --From the August Prize jury's nomination of Nobody But Me for Swedish Children's and Young People's Book of the Year.

Praise for Summer of Diving: 
"[E]vocative language and lush, color-saturated art show how a girl’s imagination helps her swim through loss and heal." —A Best Children's Book of 2022, The New York Times Book Review

Praise for The Cat Way:
"Stunning, saturated watercolor and gouache illustrations, in tandem with the thought-provoking text . . . A lovingly told exploration of compromise leading to a new outlook on life." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)