Carin Wirsén
Carin Wirsén was born in 1943. In the 60’s she studied to become an art teacher, in the 70’s she returned to the university when she decided to become a teacher specialized in disabled students. She started to write books for children in the 90’s, the main cause is according to herself her grandchildren. She was flabbergasted at the lack of quality in TV for the youngest children, and that caused her to start writing a TV show that later evolved together with her daughter Stina into a series of books for younger children.
Books by Carin Wirsén
Vilda and the Weather
Carin Wirsén
Vilda wants to go out and play. But what is the weather like? And what kind of clothes does she need? Warm and comfortable winter parkas definitely warm you up in the cold weather! But look at the little one? She has way too little clothes on! But no…
Swedish title: Vilda och vädret
Series: Play and Learn with Brokiga
Category: Children
Pub date: 17-06-2019
Format: 148x210 mm, 32 pages, color
Read with Lucia
Carin Wirsén
“Read with Lucia” is about the joy of discovering the letters that surround you and to begin to understand what they mean. Lucia wants to go out on a letter hunt in the city. As she walks through the streets, she sees lots of letters on both signs an…
Swedish title: Läs med Lucia
Series: Play and Learn with Brokiga
Category: Children
Pub date: 17-06-2019
Format: 148x210 mm, 32 pages, colour
Count with Ruta
Carin Wirsén
Little Ruta is going to have a party. The guests are on their way and it’s soon time for cake, balloons and games of hide and seek. But how can you slice up the cake so that everyone gets an equal share? And where is everyone hiding? Underneath or be…
Swedish title: Räkna med Ruta
Series: Play and Learn with Brokiga
Category: Children
Pub date: 05-03-2018
Format: 210x148 mm, 32 pages, colour
Get Growing with Omar
Carin Wirsén
The ”Play and Learn with Brokiga” series of books teaches children about numbers, shapes, the weather and other tricky things together with a motley group of small characters. This book is about colours, shapes, fruits, vegetables and flowers. Omar l…
Swedish title: Odla med Omar
Series: Play and Learn with Brokiga
Category: Children
Pub date: 05-03-2018
Format: 210x148 mm, 32 pages, colour
Little Pink and brokiga
Carin Wirsén, Stina Wirsén, Anna Hörling
An anthology that bubbles and sparkles with imagination.In Carin and Stina Wirsens hotchpotch world there is a place for guidance and instruction as weil as crazy twists and tums of phrase, all served with a big dose of playfulness, humour and lively…
The Sugar Bun on Kruskakullen
Carin Wirsén
In the little town there is a bakery. It’s always full of people, buying buns to have with their juice, rolls for breakfast, biscuits for their coffee break and loaves of bread for day trips. The bakery is run by a little lady and her two children, w…
Swedish title: Sockerbullen på Kruskakullen
Category: Children
Pub date: 16-05-2008
Format: 128 pages, 190 x 220 mm, colour
Playing Three
Carin Wirsén
Sara, Stina and Lina are playing together. But it’s not that easy to play three, there is always someone who is left out. Either the name is not right, or you make the wrong choice or you are just different. Playing three is a wonderfully cruel, funn…
Swedish title: Leka tre
Category: Children
Pub date: 26-08-2005
Format: 32 pages, colour lillustrations, 220 x 200 mm
Little Girls and Bigger ones
Carin Wirsén
“You need your strength to grow big and strong, so here’s a big helping of mashed turnips. See how good it is!”Parents often say things to make their children behave in a certain way. Fortunately even very small girls have minds of their own: “Now ev…
Swedish title: Små flickor och stora
Category: Children
Pub date: 25-06-2004
Format: 32 pages, 4+4, 220 x 200 mm