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Elsa Beskow (née Maartman; 11 February 1874 – 30 June 1953) was a famous Swedish author and illustrator of children's books. Among her better known books are Tale of the Little Little Old Woman and Aunt Green, Aunt Brown and Aunt Lavender .
The Elsa Beskow plaque, established in 1958 by the Swedish Library Association (Svensk bibkioteksföreniningen), is a Swedish award given to the artist who has created the best Swedish picture book for children or the best illustrated Swedish children's book during the previous year.
Emma Adbåge. Emma Adbåge (born 1982) is a Swedish illustrator and children's writer.In addition to illustrating her own books, she contributes to works by other authors while also taking on commissions from educational publishers.
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The son of a priest, Beskow graduated from secondary school in 1883 and got a degree in theological philosophy at Uppsala University in 1884. From 1888-92, he studied at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in Stockholm. He married the children's book author Elsa Beskow in 1897 while she was teaching at Djursholms samskola where he served as head ...
Elsa Beskow, who illustrated many of Alice Tegnér's songbooks, is said to have disliked this, and proposed instead the lyrics be replaced with "Och är du snäller så kan du få, men är du stygger så får du gå" ("And if you are nice you can have some, but if you are naughty you have to leave"). [1]
Noted for listing a variety of international works, 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up features stories originally written in a multitude of languages, which includes Japanese, Slovak, Italian, Chinese, Swedish, Russian and Dutch. [3]