„Einu sinni var blár hnöttur lengst úti í geimnum. Við fyrstu sýn virtist þetta bara vera ósköp venjulegur blár hnöttur …“
“Once upon a time there was a blue planet far out in space. At first sight, it looked like a very ordinary blue planet …”
– Andri Snær Magnason: Sagan af bláa hnettinum / The Story of the Blue Planet.

♦ Bókamessa. Svona er líka hægt að myndskreyta Söguna af bláa hnettinum: með súkkulaði, eins og gert var í Alþjóðaskólanum á Íslandi í tilefni af Barnabókamessu skólans 2013 s.l. laugardag. Þar voru reyndar ótal litlir bláir hnettir gleyptir af ógurlegum svartholum …

♦ Book Fair. There are many ways to illustrate a book. Here it is The Story of the Blue Planet : 3D in chocolate, as done by students in The International School in Iceland to celebrate the Children’s Book Fair  2013 last Saturday But as you know, small planets tend to get swallowed by big black holes …

Tenglar | Links:
US: The Story of the Blue Planet – Seven Stories Press | US Amazon | Barnes and Noble |
UK: The Story of the Blue Planet – Pushkin Press | UK Amazon | Pushkin Press Shop
IS: Sagan af bláa hnettinum – Forlagið. 

Illustrations by Áslaug Jónsdóttir