Vigdís: A Book About the World’s First Female President
Rán Flygenring, illustrated by Rán Flygenring, Jonas Moody
A young, fair-haired aspiring writer visits a Reykjavík neighbor to gather material for a book about the first woman elected president. The neighbor is Vigdís Finnbogadóttir herself, Iceland’s head of state from 1980 through 1996. Their conversation introduces events from Vigdís’s life, alongside her work in theater, her teaching of French, and her adoption of a child as Iceland’s first single woman to do so. English narration, dialogue, and details from Vigdís’s home shape this translated Icelandic picture book.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.
