Linda Bondestam (b. 1977) is one of the best-known Nordic illustrators. She has been a candidate for the Finlandia Junior and Astrid Lindgren Prizes as well as the Nordic Council’s Prize for Children’s and Young People’s Literature. Animals No-One Has Seen Except Us (2016) written by Ulf Stark and illustrated by Bondestam, won the Nordic Council’s Prize for Children’s and Young People’s Literature, was on the shortlist for the August Prize and von the Snowball Prize for the best illustrated book in Sweden in 2016.
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