• Nominated for the Reykjavík Children’s Literary Prize 2026

Una and Ormur are visiting their grandparents when they come across an old photograph of an Icelandic turf house. Grandpa tells them all about these traditional dwellings, and before long they decide that the summerhouse Grandma and Grandpa are planning to build should be a turf house.

But how do you build a turf house? A real turf house?

Turf, Stones, and Goldenroot takes readers on a journey into the magic of turf, showing how a turf house is built: how to stack stones, cut sod, and find goldenroot out in the fields to place in the walls for good fortune. Once again, the author creates connections between generations, as well as between past and present. Turf, Stones, and Goldenroot introduces young readers to old times in a lively and richly illustrated way.