Stina Wirsén
Stina Wirsén was born in 1968. She is known for her illustrations in the newspapers and has received several awards. With her illustrations she moves between vastly different subjects; everything from fashion to psychology. She is also famous as illustrator of children’s books, working a lot with her mother Carin. She points out that she almost never works with a book that is practically done but exchanges ideas with the author as they move along. Stina has also made her own picture books, making both the text and illustrations.
Books by Stina Wirsén
Whose Bed?
Stina Wirsén
It is bedtime for Spark, Nip and little Floof. Everyone has to sleep, but where? Here, there and everywhere, as it turns out. Sleep well, everyone! But then big sister Spark gets peckish, Nip feels lonely and little Floof’s nappy has leaked. And wher…
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
Who’s There?
Stina Wirsén
Stina Wirsén’s Who? characters have grown up and have children of their own. Here we meet the brilliant siblingsMjau and Pip and their family. But who is in the family? And who isn’t? Mjau and Pip have always been siblings. Before they were born, the…
Whose Holiday?
Stina Wirsén
Little Dog is going on holiday with his dad and Teddy-Pig. It’s so exciting! But do they make friends with anyone? Yes, they do. There’s a hedgehog that wants to play, but she says ”Bonjour” and ”Merci” and Little Dog doesn’t understand any of it … B…
Who Draws What? Activity Book with Stickers
Stina Wirsén
Help create the Who? figures’ world using the craft activities and stickers in this book. Making party decorations, drawing emotions and helping Teddy to find his way through the shop’s labyrinth are just a few of the many clever and creative ideas f…
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
Who’s Bothering Me?
Stina Wirsén
Stina Wirsén’s beloved Who -series has a new generation of little ones. In this book we meet Little Dog who doesn’t feel like sharing his dad with someone else. Little Dog loves being with his dad. They watch TV and cuddle up on the sofa. They like t…
Book!
Stina Wirsén
In Book! we meet Little Pink and Little Pea who find a big colourful book – but what can you actually do with it? Can you fly on it, sail on it and fight over it? Yes!! And you can read it … but who lives inside the book? A new action-packed adve…
You. Poems for Newborns
Stina Wirsén
A magnificent book for all ages, be it new parents, grown-up children and newly born, a perfect gift to all Stina Wirsén’s fans. Poetry meets spellbinding images in a new format where pages are posters that can be displayed and come to life on the wa…
Swedish title: Du. Dikter för nyfödingar
Category: Children
Pub date: 04-04-2017
Format: 210x297 mm, 40 pages
Who Sews?
Anna Hörling
Stina Wirsén’s Who? figures move out from their book, to go to the readers’ homes. Who Sews? tells you about everything, big and small, that you need for sewing your very own Who? cuddly animals. Perhaps shaggy coated Rabbit, long-legged Bird or yell…
Whose Brother or Sister?
Stina Wirsén
Stina Wirséns Who? characters have grown up and have children of their own. Now it is time to meet a new generation of small friends. Ceddy and Piggly are brother and sister and now a new family member has arrived. How very exciting! The baby has fin…
Sketchbook
Stina Wirsén
Street fashion, cocktail parties and exclusive shoes. With the help of Stina Wirsén’s fashion sketchbook you’ll soon be shaping pictures of street fashion and 1920’s saloons and revelling in 1960’s and 70’s patterns. There are pictures of 20’s, 30’s,…
Swedish title: Stina Wirséns Sketchbook
Category: Illustrated Non-Fiction
Pub date: 13-09-2016
Format: 215 x 280 mm, 96 pages
Dead
Stina Wirsén
Finally a book about Death for toddlers. A book to gather round, discuss and grow with! Look, what little Pink and little Pea have found. A flower! And look there, a bird! But, why doesn’t it fly? Is it dead?
A Story a Day
Ulf Nilsson
Here are stories about being brave, stories to make you think, to tickle your imagination or just to enjoy. There are also tips as to how to make up stories of your own. This book has a bit of everything: something warm-hearted, something a little cr…
Swedish title: En saga alla dagar
Category: Children
Pub date: 21-03-2016
Format: 148 x 210 mm, 136 pages, color
Who’s House?
Stina Wirsén
The friends all live in the same apartment block. That’s nice because they can see each other every day and it’s easy to get to each other’s home. But who lives where? The book is made from sturdy cardboard with delightful illustrations. There is a f…
Swedish title: Vems hus?
Category: Children
Pub date: 28-08-2015
Format: 300 x 240 mm, 14 spreads, color
Who is Big?
Stina Wirsén
We celebrate a decade and 16 titles of Who? with a completely new story. Who is Big?, where those who were small have now grown tall and broad. Look! A Teddy who was small and now is big and a Cat who has really grown a lot and now has hair under his…
Swedish title: Vem är stor?
Category: Children
Pub date: 25-08-2015
Format: 210 x 210 mm, 40 pages, color
No!
Stina Wirsén
Little Pink is playing alone and Lucia cannot join in. Little Pink says NO! But when Lucia juggles then Little Pink of course wants to juggle too. NO! Says Lucia. Now they are quarrelling. Then they hear someone calling for help. Oh, it is Ruta! Now…
Draw!
Stina Wirsén
Little Pink is drawing with a crayon. It will be a big…fish! Little Pea, Lucia and Ruta are painting. Soon the paper is full of fish and shells. Lovely! A perfect hardback picture book adventure for very young readers.
Little
Stina Wirsén
Here is Little, a long-eared figure in chaotic surroundings. In Little’s home there are not many happy days. There are repeated dangers. Those who should take care of Little do not. So it’s lucky there are others who do. A serious but hopeful story a…
Tina’s Summer Recipies
Tina Nordström
Tina’s Summer Recipies is here and it’s bursting with great recipies for delicious food that you can enjoy on the beach, in the garden and on the veranda. There are summer breakfasts, prawn feasts, barbecues, salads, sauces and dips as well as Tina’s…
Swedish title: Tinas sommar
Category: Illustrated Non-Fiction
Pub date: 28-04-2015
Format: 195x260 mm 144 pages
The Sister from the Sea
Ulf Stark
In the shadow of war and of adults, a friendship slowly grows. A friendship that cannot be taken for granted and is therefore all the more precious. Sirkka must travel by herself, over the sea to people she doesn’t know. In this new land lives Margar…
Swedish title: Systern från havet
Category: Children
Pub date: 14-01-2015
Format: 210x210 mm, 48 pages, color
Tina’s Weekends
Tina Nordström
Does it sometimes feel as though a week has far too many Mondays and not enough Fridays? All of us love the feeling of coming home and putting the full-to-bursting shopping bags down in the hall, looking forward to a weekend of great food. But it tak…
Swedish title: Tinas helg
Category: Illustrated Non-Fiction
Pub date: 29-08-2014
Format: 195x260mm 128 pages
The Colorful Sewing Book
Anna Hörling
Itchy fingers ready to start a new, fun project? In The Colorful Sewing Book you will find everything you need to make your own dolls, no matter how experienced a sewer you are. Using the basic pattern you can create as many different kinds of dolls…
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…
Simple ways of cooking
Tina Nordström
Charming, lovable and a brilliant chef – that’s Tina! The girl from Ramlösa, master chef Tina Nordström, is back with this generous and delightful cookbook. It’s a book to dip into, cook from, spill on and live with. Forget all the ”don’ts” and ”must…
Swedish title: Tina
Category: Illustrated Non-Fiction
Pub date: 09-04-2013
Format: 215x260 mm, 384 pages, 4C
Who isn’t Well?
Stina Wirsén
Teddy isn’t feeling well today. She has a tummy ache and doesn’t want to eat even though it’s her favourite food. Daddy rings the doctor and all of a sudden they have to rush off to the hospital. Teddy has appendicitis and has to have an operation! E…
Who is Where?
Stina Wirsén
Teddy wants to play with her friends but where can they be? Cat is not at home and Bird has gone to the park. But the park is empty! That’s because Cat and Bird are at Teddy’s house, and only Teddy’s Mummy is at home. Oh, what a muddle! A proper run…
Me
Stina Wirsén
A child is born. Welcome! Look, now she’s walking! Look, now she’s walking away, out into the world. Off on adventures but then home again. To a safe embrace, patiently waiting. An affectionate book with a poetic atmosphere. Stina Wirsén’s expressive…
Who’s baby?
Stina Wirsén
The cat is adopted. His mummy and daddy so wanted a child and in the end they went and got the cat. They were so happy!And now the cat has grown up and the cat’s mummy is as round as a ball. Because now she has a baby in her tummy. But who is going t…
Who’s not cleaning?
Stina Wirsén
Today is a day off. Fun! But Teddy’s mummy and daddy say it is not. It’s a cleaning day. They think that everybody should help. Oh bother! Teddy is sorting things out in her room … and forgets the cleaning when she finds lots of lovely things. Mummy…
Who’s Dead?
Stina Wirsén
In this book we meet Bird and his mummy and daddy. Bird’s daddy’s daddy has just died and they are all very sad. But Bird’s mummy says daddy’s daddy was very old and that these things happen to old birds. Then Bird’s family meets Teddy and her granny…
Who’s Friend?
Stina Wirsén
A new cat arrives. The new cat is all blue and soft and Teddy wants to be next to the new cat, make friends with the new cat. But the new cats doesn’t seem to be friends only with Teddy. Love is something very nice but jealousy isn’t. And even very s…
Hello In There!
Ulf Stark
A big brother lets his little unborn brother in on life’s secrets.In his own inimitable style, Ulf Stark has written a book for siblings, where big brother tells his unborn sibling all about the mysteries of life, and what he or she will need to know…
Swedish title: Hallå därinne
Category: Children
Pub date: 15-03-2010
Format: 48 pages, 210 x 210 mm, colour
Who Can’t Sleep?
Stina Wirsén
Sleeping over at a friend’s house is exciting. You need to take your toothbrush. And a cuddly toy. But what if it’s too scary? What if it smells funny? Or what if they have funny sandwiches and the wrong kind of cheese? What if other mummies don’t kn…
Who’s Best?
Stina Wirsén
Teddy is so fast. But the cat is so bad. Bad at running fast. “I’m best at running.” That’s what Teddy says. “At running, maybe. But look what I can do,” says the cat. The cat is really good at doing somersaults. Teddy can’t do somersaults at all. Th…
Who’s Lost?
Stina Wirsén
Little Teddy Bear and Big Teddy Bear are out shopping. The shop is so exciting and there is so much to look at! But suddenly, something doesn’t feel right. They seem to have lost each other! Where is Big Teddy Bear? Lost!? Or is it Little Teddy Bear…
Who’s Cute?
Stina Wirsén
The cat is ugly. Yes, because yellow is ugly, say Teddy and Teddy-Pig. But Bird does not agree. Bird is also yellow. I am yellow and beautiful. That is what Bird says. But curly is ugly, says Bird and points at Teddy and Teddy-Pig… The friends all…
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
Who’s Lonely?
Stina Wirsén
Teddy is sad. She’s alone, and she doesn’t want to be. I need a friend, she thinks. She rings the bird, but the bird is going to visit her grandmother. There’s no answer when she tries the cat. The rabbit and the pink teddy bear are already playing t…
Who’s Grandma?
Stina Wirsén
Teddy has a grandmother, who belongs only to her. She can run really fast and plays brilliant games. Teddy also has a cousin. The cousin thinks grandmother belongs to her as well – but that can’t be right! Teddy doesn’t want a cousin!
A Star Called Ajax
Ulf Stark
This story is sad yet beautiful, and packed with the joy of life at the same time. When the inevitable happens it cuts to the heart, but the reader is left not with a lump in the throat, but with hope.Ajax the dog and Johan are friends. Friends give…
Swedish title: En stjärna vid namn Ajax
Category: Children
Pub date: 25-07-2007
Format: 48 pages, colour, 148 x 210 mm
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….
Who’s Bleeding?
Stina Wirsén
In this book we meet once again the characters from Stina Wirsén’s books “Who’s Cross?” and “Who´s Trousers?” Everybody is supposed to play and build something together. There’s plenty of enthusiastic hammering and painting. But oh no – somebody hits…
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
Who’s angry?
Stina Wirsén
A teddy bear is building a tower with his toy bricks. The cat asks if he can join in. ‘No, it’s my tower,’ says the bear. ‘What a nasty bear,’ says the cat. ‘Very nasty indeed.’ A warm, funny book for small people about big feelings – like how angry…
Who’s Trousers?
Stina Wirsén
Dressing yourself isn’t easy. Your shoe goes on your foot, and your hat goes on your head. And you have to choose between lots of pairs of trousers. They might be the wrong size – Rabbit’s trousers are very short, Bird’s are very long, and Teddy’s ar…
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