Little Parsley
Little Parsley
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Written by Inger Hagerup
Illustrated by Paul René Gauguin
Translated from Norwegian by Becky L. Crook
Contemplate a hedgehog’s bristles, a crab’s bad mood, a pea who believes it was meant to be a butterfly, and other wonderful images in Inger Hagerup’s poems.
Generations of Norwegian children have grown up reading and reciting poems by Inger Hagerup (1905-1985). Alive with sound, shape, and color, the combination of handwritten, informal verse and Paul René Gauguin’s avant garde illustrations has proven to be an irresistible and endlessly delightful combination for children and adults a like.
ISBN: 978-1-59270-286-2
6.625" (W) x 9.5" (H) • 32 pages • HC
AWARDS AND REVIEWS
“This attractive collection contains 17 of (Hagerup’s) poems that are as familiar to Norwegian youngsters as English nursery rhymes are to American and British children. Gaugin’s original illustrations are attractively rendered in black-line cartoon style…the book’s appealing cover will engage children, and the poems might prompt them to create their own silly rhymes.–School Library Journal, starred review
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