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Bulleribock or bulleri bock is a Swedish children's guessing game for two people. The game is played as follows: person A turns his back to person B, who taps both hands rhythmically on A's back while saying a rhythmic, rhymed chant: Bulleri, bulleri bock, hur många horn står opp? (lit. "Bulleri, bulleri billy goat, how many horns stand up ...
Snipp, Snapp, Snurr is the name of fictional triplets depicted in a series of children's books by author/illustrator Maj Lindman (1886-1972). [1] The triplets, all boys with blond hair, live in Sweden and have light-hearted misadventures.
1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up is separated by reading level, [5] and each title includes summaries with information on the author as well; [6] each picture book title is accompanied by colourful illustrations. [1] Some of the genres included are fantasy, adventure, history, contemporary life, and others. [7]
The Whodunit Detective Agency [1] (also known as JerryMaya's Detective Agency, Swedish: LasseMajas detektivbyrå – "LasseMaja's Detective Agency") is a Swedish children's book series written by Martin Widmark and illustrated by Helena Willis. In the English translation, it is called "The JerryMaya detective agency".
Several of his books about the Whodunit Detective Agency have been adapted to film in Sweden, and they have also been made into board games, theater and video games. Martin Widmark was born in Sturefors and grew up in Linköping , but has lived in Stockholm since the 1980s.
The early 20th century also saw the debut of the gripping children's novel "The Children from Frostmo Mountain" by Laura Fitinghoff. It is considered to be the first realistic Swedish children's novel. The book has been translated into several other languages. It was made into a film in 1945. [2] In the 1930s a new awareness of children's needs ...
Swedish title Author Year English title Translator Year Gösta Berlings saga: Selma Lagerlöf: 1891: Gösta Berling's Saga: Lillie Tudeer: 1894 The Story of Gösta Berling: Pauline Bancroft Flach: 1898 The Story of Gosta Berling: Robert Bly: 1962 Paul Norlen: 2009 Jerusalem: Selma Lagerlöf: 1901: Jerusalem: Velma Swanston Howard: 1915 Herr ...
The Sune series is a series of books for children and young adults, published since 1984, by Swedish writers Anders Jacobsson and Sören Olsson. The stories were originally 90 episodes made for the Swedish Radio and broadcast in 1983–93. [ 1 ]