For over two decades, Thorarinn and Sigrun Eldjarn’s books of poetry have delighted Icelandic children of all ages. Wordy Birds and Navel Lint holds 21 new and lively poems on all manner of things: various birds as well as a scarecrow; horses, dogs and pirates; knights, lions and dragons – not to forget the navel lint, which no poet has deigned to explore before.

• Nominated for the Icelandic Literary Prize for Children and Young People’s books