Iðunn og afi pönk

by Gerður Kristný, Halldór Baldursson (Illustrator)

Þegar hjólið hennar Iðunnar hverfur kemur bara eitt til greina – systurnar í Súluhöfða hljóta að hafa tekið það. Þá er verst að mamma og pabbi eru farin í ferðalag og barnapían afi pönk hugsar meira um lúsmý og eldgamlar hljómsveitir en tapað hjól. Iðunn og afi pönk er stórskemmtileg saga um flókna ráðgátu og öll vandræðin sem gamlir pönkarar geta þvælt sér í.

133 pages, Hardcover

Published October 6, 2020

About the author

Gerður Kristný graduated in French and comparative literature from the University of Iceland in 1992. Her B.A. dissertation was on Baudelaire's Les fleurs du mal. After a course in media studies at the University of Iceland from 1992-1993 she trained at Danish Radio TV. She was editor of the magazine Mannlíf from 1998 - 2004, but is now a full time writer.

Awards for her work include 1st prize in the National Broadcasting Service short story competition 1986, 1st prize in a TV culture programme poetry competition 1992, the Children's Choice Book Prize in 2003 for her book Marta Smarta, the Halldór Laxness Literary Award in 2004, for her novel Bátur með segli og allt (A Boat With a Sail and All) and the Icelandic Journalist's Award for Myndin af pabba - Saga Thelmu (A Picture of Dad - Thelma's Story) in 2005. Her poetry book, Höggstaður, was nominated for The Icelandic Literary Award in 2007. Her poetry and short stories have been included in school textbooks at the elementary- and secondary level, as well as in anthologies published in Iceland and overseas.

Gerður Kristný has published poetry books, short stories, novels and a book for children, as well as a book about the Westman Islands Festival in 2002.

Reviews

[Ish]

For school but this still counts. Silly, minus points for typing in a character’s lisp in a really confusing way

[FriðrikaOdduMattaskó · Rating 5 out of 5]

Okkur dóttir minni 10 ára fannst þessi bók alveg dásamleg! Við gúggluðum m.a.s. hljómsveitina á Youtube og pönkuðumst aðeins.

[Emma Viktorsdóttir · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hin fínasta bók.