#barbro lindgren

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Have you read Look Hamlet by Barbro Lindgren and Anna Höglund (orig. Titta Hamlet!, 2017)?

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Voting ended onMar 19, 2025

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Another illustration from the books Loranga, Masarin och Dartanjang (Barbro Lindgren, 1969) This is Masarin, he´s named after a cookie. 

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“I wish he wasn’t quite so wild.”

Barbro Lindgren, The Wild Baby’s Dog, illustrated by Eva Eriksson and translated by Alison Winn (Hodder and Stoughton: London, 1986).

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All somersaulting through the air -

Barbro Lindgren, The Wild Baby’s Dog, illustrated by Eva Eriksson and translated by Alison Winn (Hodder and Stoughton: London, 1986).

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The water was as cold as ice,

And wet as wet could be.

Barbro Lindgren, The Wild Baby’s Dog, illustrated by Eva Eriksson and translated by Alison Winn (Hodder and Stoughton: London, 1986).

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Young Bodger feeling brave and wild

Yells, “Anyone afraid

To come with me and my dog Zip

On our night escapade?”

Barbro Lindgren, The Wild Baby’s Dog, illustrated by Eva Eriksson and translated by Alison Winn (Hodder and Stoughton: London, 1986).

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A saggy, raggy, home-made pup

With wobbly legs that won’t stand up.

A long limp tail and button eyes.

Barbro Lindgren, The Wild Baby’s Dog, illustrated by Eva Eriksson and translated by Alison Winn (Hodder and Stoughton: London, 1986).

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Then Bodger bellows “Bother!”

Barbro Lindgren, The Wild Baby’s Dog, illustrated by Eva Eriksson and translated by Alison Winn (Hodder and Stoughton: London, 1986).