Books
April Fool, Sigge
Lin Hallberg
The Sigge books form a series about horses written by Lin Hallberg and illustrated throughout by Margareta Nordquist. Everybody Loves Sigge was awarded a prize by the Book Jury, which is children’s own list of the year’s best books. The books have al…
The Lost City
Jo Salmson
The Lost City is the first volume in a new series of fantasy books by Jo Salmson, making her debut as an author. It’s exciting and eminently readable – as readable as Lasse & Maja’s Detective Agency and as exciting as Narnia. The book contains a weal…
One Day at the Mice’s Fire Brigade
Ulf Nilsson
A Thousand Times Stronger
Christina Herrström
When Signe was younger, she felt free and happy. She had the courage to make the most of life. Her class at school was lively and good fun. But when she started in Year 6, everything changed. How the girls regarded themselves, and each other. It was…
The Finest Glasses in the World
Helena Bross
“Today we’re going to swap places,” says the teacher. Everybody’s curious and excited. But from her new place right at the back of the classroom, Lova can’t see what’s on the board. The whole thing is just covered with blurred writing. It turns out s…
Aston’s stones
Lotta Geffenblad
Aston feels sorry for all the lonely stones he sees, so he picks them up and brings them home and takes care of them. Every day he finds a new one; how strange that there are always new stones who are lonely, or bored or cold. It soon gets crowded at…
The Strongest in Class
Helena Bross
School starts today, and everybody’s got their rucksack with them. Edvin’s Mummy and Daddy didn’t quite get round to buying him a new one, so he has to take one that Daddy’s had from work. It’s really big and it holds a lot, and it’s got loads of dif…
Who Decides?
Stina Wirsén
In this book we meet the teddy bear from Who’s Angry? and the teddy’s mummy or daddy – we’re not sure which. When the book begins, they’re sitting on the sofa, reading. “Look! A little teddy bear. And a big teddy bear. They’re reading. It looks cosy….
