by Meindert DeJong, Maurice Sendak
Very charming story that read much like a fairytale. There weren't any surprises but the heartwarming bits came thick and fast. If I have a complaint, it's that the names are so similar it was hard to keep track: 2 Jans, a Jana, a Janus, and a Janka for instance. And in one family, Lena the mom, Lin...
Gundula and Katri got me thinking of children's books that I read in Swedish. I adored this. I read it in Swedish while I was leaning the language. Actually it is a Dutch author. The book was a envelope sized yellow hardcover with an oval picture on the front. The cover got destroyed, but I still ha...