About the book
How can a dog turn into a statue? That is somewhat mysterious but exactly what happened: Ring, old Ulf’s dog turned into a statue and immediately all the grown-ups in our village behaved as if he’d never existed. And Ring wasn’t the only animal to disappear without a trace leaving a stone statue behind. We had to get to the bottom of it. Which is why Erla, Haukur, and myself entered Dark-cave on a more adventurous quest than anyone could ever have foreseen.
Gunnar Theodór Eggertsson won the Icelandic Children's Book Award for this novel. According to the jury of the award, The Stone Animals is an exciting and original adventure story inspired by folk-tales and legends, yet totally unique.