When dad pops out to collect mom, a boy is left alone at home, in the sole company of his defenceless teddy bear. But reassuring a teddy bear is easier said than done. The play based on the book received the Icelandic theatre award Griman for the best children’s play in 2008.

• The Icelandic Booksellers’ Prize as the Best Children’s Book of 2005
• The Icelandic Illustration Award
• Reykjavik Children’s Literature Prize
• Nominated for the Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize