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Angryman / Gro Dahle ; [illustrated by] Svein Nyhus ; translated by Tara Chace.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Norwegian Publisher: New York : North-South, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0735843406
  • 9780735843400
Other title:
  • Angry man
Uniform titles:
  • Sinna Mann. English
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Summary: There's someone in the living room. It's Dad. It is Angryman. Boj's father can be very angry and violent. Boj calls this side of his father's personality "Angryman." When Angryman comes no one is safe. Until something powerful happens... Gro Dahle's astute text and Svein Nyhus's bold, evocative art capture the full range of emotions that descend upon a small family as they grapple with "Angryman." With an important message to children who experience the same things as Boj: You are not alone. It's not your fault. You must tell someone you trust. It doesn't have to be this way!--Jacket.
List(s) this item appears in: Celebrating Norway and Syttende Mai
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Picturebook Tough Topics Dahle Gro Available 33111009703246
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of 2019

USBBY Outstanding International Book of 2020

There's someone in the living room.

It's Dad.

It is Angryman.


Boj's father can be very angry and violent. Boj calls this side of his father's personality "Angryman." When Angryman comes no one is safe. Until something powerful happens...

Gro Dahle's astute text and Svein Nyhus's bold, evocative art capture the full range of emotions that descend upon a small family as they grapple with "Angryman."

With an important message to children who experience the same things as Boj: You are not alone. It's not your fault. You must tell someone you trust. It doesn't have to be this way!

First published in 2003 in Norway under the title: Sinna Mann.

There's someone in the living room. It's Dad. It is Angryman. Boj's father can be very angry and violent. Boj calls this side of his father's personality "Angryman." When Angryman comes no one is safe. Until something powerful happens... Gro Dahle's astute text and Svein Nyhus's bold, evocative art capture the full range of emotions that descend upon a small family as they grapple with "Angryman." With an important message to children who experience the same things as Boj: You are not alone. It's not your fault. You must tell someone you trust. It doesn't have to be this way!--Jacket.

Translated from the Norwegian.

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