Seeing Hillary's cute Lotte reminded me of this book. I got it for my 6th or 7th birthday from a girl I think, named Tanya. I love this book still to this day,maybe even more now. The pictures are wonderful - by Ilon Wikland. Lotta's room looks just like mine did, all messy and full of cool junk. ( click to see bigger!) Her birthday is at the same time of year as mine, when all the blossoms are out. She got such nice things for her birthday, but what she really wants is a grown up bike. She ends up stealing one from the nice granny next door, crashes in the bushes and loses her pretty bracelet! She finds it again though. In the end her kind moustached daddy brings her home a mini grown up bike so she can ride with her older brother and sister. The last page is a picture of her birthday dinner- spaghetti and meatballs and salad! The best dinner ever.

Comments

[Anja]

I had this book too, and read it lots and lots of times. There is another book on Lotta and her family, a big one - I had that one too, it was my favourite for years!

[Anja]

I just checked out your link to the illustrator, and the English title of the book I mentioned above must be "Children of Noisy Village". :)

[Cassi]

I love the picture of her swinging under the blooming trees, so sweet! Thanks for sharing :)

[hillary]

hey wow, what a great book. I'll have to look those up!

[marta]

this book is absolutely amazing!!!!!!!

[Neefer]

Have you entered the Draw a Witch Contest? There was one drawing that could have been yours, but maybe not. I mean, it was close to your signature style, but didn't seem quite there. Like I would know, being an engineer, not an artist.

Anyway, here's the url: http://www.penelopeillustration.com/projects/halloween2005/info.html

I'd love to see your witch.

[Hanna]

How nice to see these spreads again, I read this book lots of times in the original language - I love Astrid Lindgren like so many other swedes - and people all around the world!

You can read about some of Astrid Lindgrens books here, but the english version of the site is crap! :-)

http://www.astridlindgren.se

take care!

[kc]

Wow, I had this book when I was little and completely forgot about it until now! Gosh, I wonder what happened to it.

[tania]

:)

[Bea]

Oh, to see this here! One of my favorite books by one of my favorite children´s writer and one of my favorite illustrator! This makes my day! I always loved the pictures with all the petals flying in the air!

[tania]

me too i love the petals!
its so nice that all of you rememebr / lovehtis book.
its lovely.
:)

[Tanya]

Well I have to say I have not seen my name spelled correctly well ever!!! Hopefully its pronounced the same Tanya as in TAWNYA....wooohooo...did you know how hard it is to find a keychain with Tanya on it. sigh I used to dream of having it spelled Tania as many times I had to pass up stickers because well no y.... It did lead to some creative thinking on my own and woohoo watch out now but I still longed to see my name on a miniature license plate...