The Children Of Noisy Village by Astrid Lindgren (Oxford University Press £4.99) 3/5 stars
THE Swedish author of Pippi Longstocking, who died at the ripe old age of 94 in 2002, once said: “I write to amuse the child within me, and can only hope some other children may have some fun that way too.”
Luckily, it seems many more children will be able to enjoy the adventures of Lisa, Lasse, Bosse, Anna, Britta and Olle, with this new edition of The Children Of Noisy Village, complete with illustrations by Tony Ross.
Based on experiences from Lindgren’s childhood, the book, first published in 1947, comes with a note explaining that collecting birds eggs is now an illegal past-time.
Old-fashioned thinking aside, this is beautiful evocation of village life, complete with a long summer holiday spent burrowing through hay bales and picking wild strawberries.
Kate Whiting
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