On the Blue Planet there are no adults; it is inhabited by children who do whatever they please, and no one tells them how they must live. One day, a mysterious man lands on the children’s planet—and miracles begin to happen.
The world-famous novella by the Icelandic writer Andri Snæir Magnason begins as an innocent fairy tale and grows into a philosophical parable about the modern world. Why can’t you always be happy? Is it good if all wishes begin to come true? What is war? Why do some people get everything, while others get nothing?
The book received a record number of awards in Iceland and abroad, including the British National Book Award, the International Janusz Korczak Prize, the American International Green Planet Award, and it was recently selected as the best children’s book in China. “The Story of the Blue Planet” has been published in more than 35 countries and has also been staged in several children’s theaters across different countries.