Swedish Title: Prick och Fläck är Hemliga
Category: Children / Picture Books
Publication: 2007
Original language: Swedish
Publisher: BonnierCarlsen
Text and Image: Lotta Geffenblad
This book is also published in Norwegian (at Mangschou) and Russian [КРАПА и ЛЯПА].
It is also publishes as a film.
Paint, brushes, ladder and rolls of wallpaper…
Spot and Splodge’s blue sofa is at the very heart of their home and their lives. One evening they discover that both the sofa and the walls are much dirtier than they should be – yuck. But you can sort out splodges and that sort of thing – Spot and Splodge have seen it on TV.
So it’s out with the tins of paint, brushes, rolls of wallpaper and the ladder! It’s a bit tricky sorting out the sofa, but slapping paste onto the wallpaper is just brilliant! Spot and Splodge take it in turns to put up the wallpaper – it’s easier to get it straight if you help each other out. But suddenly Spot is missing, and Splodge needs some help and there seems to be an enormous bulge in the wallpaper…
Lotta Geffenblad’s narrative tone is calm and full of humour, with word play and double meanings. The illustrations have a style all of their own, combining a sense of something quite fresh with the atmosphere of a book of stories from a hundred years ago. Spot and Splodge’s world just looks so cosy, friendly and cool!
Reviews
“Spot and Splodge must be the most charming anti-heroes of the year.” – Södermanlands Nyheter
“They just look so silly” – Sydsvenskan
“This is brilliant, modern and original, yet at the same time a classic saga. Geffenblad has created a Spot and Splodge genre” – Bibliotekstjänst
“Anyone who has missed Spot and Splodge ought to get down to the nearest bookshop or library right away.” – Katrineholms Kuriren
