Pippi gets all the attention, but before I heard about her, the Bullerby Children books were a favorite. They wrre written by Astrid Lindgren too, thiugh actually later than the Pippi books.
We got them as English translations in Denmark when we were there for six months in 1965. The Christmas one was especially good. They were great at age five, I have no idea if they would be as appealing to an adult. A very small village I guess in Sweden, so the chikdren are all closevand have various adventures. But it’s to be in another country when so young, the culture does permeate. I remember little before that, yet Christmas that year looms large, and of course it’s Danish Christmas. These days I have an urge to visit Ikea in early December to get in the.mood.
