The Green Forest

Ruth Lillegraven

Original title: Skogen den grøne
Publisher: Samlaget, 2018
Genre: Poetry
Pages: 61 pages

What happens when a child follows a quiet trail through into the green woods? How can a birch resemble a girl whose draining water from her hair? And what about the spearing buds, emerging as fairy breath? And the moose floating on the bottomless pond, will he sink to reach the other side of the world?

Ruth Lillegraven writes with delicacy about the small details. The Green Forest follows a child’s wondering gaze through the life and rhythms of nature. As with the Brage-nominated collection of poetry I am I am I am, Lillegraven introduces children to poetry, this time on a journey through the forest.

The book is illustrated by award-winning Mari Kanstad Johnsen.

Ruth Lillegraven

Ruth Lillegraven debuted in 2005 with a collection of poetry entitled Big Bad Poems. Since then, she has published a novel, eight poetry collections, and a series of children’s books. Her work has been nominated for several prizes and she was awarded, among other distinctions, the Brage Prize and the Nynorsk Literature Prize.