Children's books for a family trip to Sweden
A short reading list for a family trip to Sweden, from Astrid Lindgren's anarchic classics to Elsa Beskow's forest of the Blueberry King.
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Try Hermo freeA story set where you are headed can turn the journey into part of the trip. For Sweden, that means children's books by authors and illustrators from Sweden, starting with Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren. Below are three books worth packing, each available in English with links to find them at Bookshop.org or Amazon.
A funny, anarchic Swedish classic about an independent, super-strong girl who does exactly as she pleases.
Warm village-childhood adventures in a tiny Swedish farming hamlet.
A boy shrinks to berry-size and explores the forest with the Blueberry King, in a very Swedish nature story.
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