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Karlsson-on-the-Roof (Swedish: Karlsson på taket) is a character who features in a series of children's books by the Swedish author Astrid Lindgren.Lindgren may have borrowed the idea for the series from a similar story about Mr. O'Malley in the comic strip Barnaby (1942) by Crockett Johnson.
Martin Widmark is involved in issues concerning reading comprehension of children and young people and was the initiator of the project A Reading Class (En läsande klass [2]) which was launched in 2012, together with several publishers and the Junibacken Foundation.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 January 2025. Book containing line art, to which the user is intended to add color For other uses, see Coloring Book (disambiguation). Filled-in child's coloring book, Garfield Goose (1953) A coloring book is a type of book containing line art to which people are intended to add color using crayons ...
Ulf Lennart Nilsson (18 September 1948 – 22 September 2021) was a Swedish writer [1] who published more than 100 books and picture books, geared mainly to children and adolescents. [2] He was also the longtime president of the Swedish Academy for Children's Books. A number of his works have been translated into English by Gecko Press.
She wanted to publish the poem and the illustrations in a book form and tried to convince the company to do so. In 1960, the book with the illustrations by Wiberg was published by Rabén & Sjögren and was an immediate success. Lindgren was so enthusiastic about the book and the illustrations that she wanted to publish the book in other countries.
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]
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 ...
Children's literature portal; The Swedish Academy for Children's Books (Swedish: Svenska barnboksakademin) is a nonprofit society, established on 26 May 1989 at the Skärholmen Library in Stockholm, Sweden. [1] Based on the Swedish Academy, its ambitions is to promote children's and youth literature. [2] Since 1990, the society awards the ...