Pippi Longstocking<\/em> author. With a purse of five million Swedish kronor (almost $800,000), it is the world\u2019s biggest children\u2019s literature prize, and has been awarded in the past to Maurice Sendak, Philip Pullman, and Katherine Paterson. The stated mission is to expand interest in children\u2019s books and causes and, somewhat more confusingly, to \u201csafeguard democratic values.\u201d However you interpret that,\u00a0we can all agree that Isol\u2019s work is terrific: whimsical, fun, and sinister in only the best ways.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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