A Day Off with The Reverselys/En ledig dag med Familjen Tvärtomsson

Meet the Reversely family—an ordinary family that wears their underpants over their trousers, just like everyone else. It’s the weekend, and the kids decide the family should do something really fun. A big house-cleaning session! NOOOO, scream the parents; they want to go to the swimming pool and the dinosaur museum! Okay, the kids sigh, but first the parents have to put on their shoes and jackets—and that takes forever. At the pool, you have to run around so you don’t fall and hurt yourself, and at the museum, you’re encouraged to poke and climb on everything—especially the ancient dinosaur skeleton. Back home, the kids think it’s time to get cozy on extra-hard chairs and watch the news. But Mom just wants to watch Eurovision, and suddenly Dad’s screen time is up! How will it all turn out?

With gleeful role reversal and wonderfully silly everyday chaos, this picture book turns family life upside down in a way children will recognize at once. Måns Nilsson’s comic timing pairs with Jenny Dahlberg’s colourful, detail-packed illustrations to create a read-aloud story full of absurd surprises, repetition, and laugh-out-loud moments for the whole family.