To the Ice
By (Author) Thomas Tidholm
Illustrated by Anna-Clara Tidholm
Gecko Press
Gecko Press
1st September 2023
1st November 2023
New Zealand
Children
Fiction
Picture storybooks: imagination and play
Childrens / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
Childrens / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples
839.738
Hardback
80
Width 177mm, Height 217mm
Three children go on a polar expedition in an epic, imaginary adventure, fully illustrated for newly independent readers.
Ida, Max and Jack go to the creek one winters day. They play on an ice floe then find themselves floating awayall the way to the polar ice, with just a box, a branch and some sandwiches.
You probably dont think its true, and we didnt either, not even while it was happening...
They find an old hut, meet penguins, see extraordinary things and, after testing their resources in this dramatic land of ice and snow, come home safe at the end of the day.
What shall we say about where weve been asked Max.
Tell the truth, I said. We dont know.
To the Iceis a beautifully produced chapter book that absorbs young readers in a real-life make-believe filled with problem-solving and adventure. This is a thrilling and plot-filled story for budding explorers and ice adventurers the kind of book children will remember throughout their lives.
Translated from the Swedish edition by Julia Marshall.
Thomas Tidholm is a Swedish photographer, poet, playwright and writer. He and Anna-Clara Tidholm have together created a string of awardwinning books for children since the early 1980s.
Anna-Clara Tidholm is one of Sweden's leading children's book authors and illustrators with a varied and rich bibliography. Her prizes include the Elsa Beskow plaque, German Youth Literature Prize, Astrid Lindgren prize and August prize.