De jongen ligt met zijn hondje in bed. Maar de jongen kan niet slapen. Dan ziet hij opeens twee lampen oplichten in het donker. Er staat een grote, glimmende stoomlocomotief op de grond klaar om de jongen en zijn hondje mee te nemen op een magische reis.
Ulf Gottfrid Stark was a Swedish author and screenwriter (he adapted several of his own books for film and wrote the screenplay for the 1999 film Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen).
Stark collaborated with the illustrators Anna Höglund and Mati Lepp.
From 1989 to 1998 he was an elected member of the Swedish Academy for Children's Books Svenska barnboksakademin. In 1998 he received the Nordic Children's Book Prize.
Stark was born and grew up in Stureby, Stockholm Municipality, which place features in several of his books. Stark's interest in writing started early; during his time at secondary school he was introduced to writing by his classmate Peter Curman, and in 1964 he wrote his first poetry Ett hål till livet. Following this, Stark's interest in writing for a career was greatly encouraged.
The perfect children's book for any child who wishes for "more". Sometimes you need to take yourself to different places and sometimes you make friends along the way.