The Forgotten Garden Party by Cecilia Heikkilä

A story about Isaac Grünewald and the fairytale animals. For the great garden party of 1923, artist Isaac Grünewald painted vibrant, imaginative fairytale animals that covered the floor and walls, some 8 meters tall. But after the party they were all rolled up and placed in an archive.

The Forgotten Garden Party is an adventurous story that begins when the Ant Dog wakes up in that dusty archive after a very long sleep. Realizing that they have overslept, he tries to wake the other painted animals, but after sleeping for one hundred years, forgotten by everyone, they have faded and don’t even remember who they are. The Ant Dog sets out on a lonely journey to save his friends and recreate the festive garden party.

32 pages. Publication year 2019. (The book is in Swedish)