Emma Adbåge

In addition to illustrating her own books, she contributes to works by other authors while also taking on commissions from educational publishers.

In 2013, she was awarded the Elsa Beskow Plaque for her illustrated Lenis Olle and other works for children.

[5] It is the story of a little girl who initially thinks it would be interesting to act like an adult, but when she discovers all the work grown-ups have to do, she decides instead to become a baby.

It encourages five to eight-year-olds to learn maths by playing with objects they can find outside, such as measuring the length of a worm or building a snowman.

[7] Adbåge's 2018 book Gropen received the August Prize in the children and young adult category.