PTEROSAURS AND SEA MONSTERS

Hello boys and girls!

My dinosaur book "Alla tiders Dinosaurier" has been out for a while now and I'm rather happy to say that the reaction has been very positive. Not only has it received great reviews in the Swedish press and book blogosphere, but it also seems to have been embraced by the paleoart and paleontological community to a much larger degree than I had expected.
Which of course is very nice.

Here's some links to a couple of reviews (all in swedish I'm afraid):

Dagens Nyheter

Tidningen Kulturen

Borås Tidning mfl.

There's also an exhibition based on the book at the Stockholm House of Culture & City Theatre (Kulturhuset Stadsteatern). I helped curate it which was a lot fun, and they've even built a large scale model of a Camarasaurus based on my art. The exhibition will be  running at least until the end of May (and perhaps over the summer as well) so if you're in Stockholm swing by and have a look.

Camarasaurus (right) next to the author (left)

http://kulturhusetstadsteatern.se/Bibliotek/Rum-for-Barn/Evenemang/2017/Alla-tiders-dinosaurier/

I'm now working on the sequel which will simply be called "Flygödlor och havsmonster" (Pterosaurs and Sea Monsters) which will deal with all those other funky mesozooic reptiles that weren't dinosaurs but were around at the same time.

Here's a few samples from that new tome. Enjoy!

Mosasaur vs Pteranodon

Dorygnathus

Dsungaripterus

Platypterigius

APPROVED BY THE SWEDISH LIBRARY SERVICE

I just received a great review of "My First Book of Beasts" from the Swedish Library Service BTJ. 
(This is a big thing as it is they who provide the books for all the libraries in Sweden)

Here´s an excerpt for Swedish speakers:

" Illustratören Johan Egerkrans tycks uppfylld av att skicka kalla kårar längs de allra yngstas nackar. Nyss var det dinosaurier som presenterades i pekboksformat och i den här boken är det de värsta odjuren som gestaltas på kartonguppslagen. Den som inbillar sig att boken på något sätt skulle vara nedtonad i rysligheter eller på något sätt tillrättalagd för de allra yngsta läsarna tror fel. Här möter vi ett axplock ur mytologin och författaren tillika illustratören låter oss bli bekanta med åtta av de allra värsta odjuren."

" I Första odjursboken blir text och bild tillsammans ett bestiarium för de allra yngsta läsarna och Johan Egerkrans gör det så bra att jag tror att boken följer med långt upp i åldrarna"

Publiceras i BTJ-häftet nr 21, 2015.
Lektör: Ulf Malmqvist