The bindle contains a flower spirit to be delivered to its final repose. It is the frog that sees the Romance in being a vagabond. They’re headed somewhere, but then they’re headed somewhere else. They are vagrants, not knights, too poor to forge a sword or keep a garden.

One toad carries a knife, but only talks about using it. But with stories of knights comes purpose the errants are wandering, yes, but in search of a quest. Linnea Sterte has created a folktale for Peow Studio, collecting photographs of unnoticed moments, documenting a journey to nowhere.įrom Redwall to Trondheim, we’re accustomed to the adventures of animals in arms and armor. The titular hero of A Frog in the Fall (and Later On) packs clothes and sandals, some umbrellas, some candies, some money, and goes on an adventure. Two toads traveling to the tropics before the snow comes becomes three amphibians on the road together. A minor frog who has yet to see a winter dreams of a life beyond their garden. To fit the landscape book comfortably in bookshelves, the book has a rotated slipcase, so that you can store the book vertically.Written and illustrated by Linnea Sterte.Įdited by Olle Forsslöf, Mikael Lopez, and Patrick Crotty. The book has an open spine binding and a thick kraft cover with white and blue pantone spot colors. The story is told in a landscape format, printed in a solid blue pantone ink on our favourite paper from Munken. This is the longest Peow book that we have ever published, at just over 330 pages.

You may recognise her on Instagram as TurnDeCasette, or from the book Stages of Rot which she released in 2017 which she was also Eisner nominated for. Linnea Sterte is one of the most mysterious illustrators in Sweden, but probably one of the absolute best. A meditative road trip, a contemplation on life in general. Lessons are learned, and thoughts are exchanged. Along the way, the frog has encounters with mice, cats, dogs, trees, persimmons, and other beings. It’s a slice of seasonal life for a frog who experiences everything for the first time. The frog decides to follow them on their journey south. The spirit yearns for the tropics and so do the two toads.

A young frog (hatched this spring) encounters two toads, who have captured the ghost of a Shungiku flower that withered and died just recently.

A frog in the fall by linnea sterte