The rabbits skip, hop and play in the finest, softest and greenest grass in the country. But the dogs chase the rabbits, because dogs chase everything. The rabbits come up with a plan to get rid of the dogs. There is just one problem… The rabbits have to fend off the bigger, stronger dogs using their initiative, intelligence and bravery. But the problem is, that once the dogs disappear, the grass is no longer so lusciously green or soft when the dogs aren’t around.
About the Author
Bárður Oskarsson (born 18 July 1972 in Tórshavn) is a Faroese children’s writer, illustrator and artist, who has won several literary awards. His books have been translated into Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, French, German and Czech.
He started to draw when he was a child and got some of his drawings published in the Faroese children’s magazine Barnablaðið. The first book he illustrated was his grandfather’s (Oskar Hermannsson’s) children’s book “Undir tussafjøllum”. After illustrating other authors’ books for some years, he published his own book, where he was both writer and illustrator, in 2004. This was the children’s book “Ein hundur ein ketta og ein mús” (A dog, a cat and a mouse), which was later published in French (2006), Icelandic (2007), Danish (2008) and Norwegian (2013). Oskarsson has received Faroese, Nordic and German awards for his children’s books. He currently lives in Denmark, where he was trained in the art school “Skolen for Billedkunst” 1992 – 93.
About the Publisher
Darf Publishers is a London-based independent publisher with diversity and inclusion at the heart of its work.
Established in 1981 as an English imprint for the long-standing Arab publisher Dar Fergiani which was established by the late Mohamed Bashir Fergiani in 1952 in Libya- based Arab publisher Dar Fergiani, it focussed for three decades on publishing and reprinting classical history and travel books about Middle East, Africa and Asia in English. Since 2014, Darf shifted focus to establish itself as a leading publisher in translating new emerging writers from around the world into English, including works of fiction, non-fiction and children’s books.
