Synopsis
Astrid Lindgren is beloved worldwide for her stories of Pippi Longstocking, the cheerful little girl with upside-down braids and no parents. With THE RED BIRD, Lindgren turns her attention to two very different orphans, Matthew and Anna, who are sent to live with the stern farmer in Myra. The work is hard; the food is scarce; the days are cold. But then Anna and Matthew follow the red bird to Sunnymead, where they find hope, sunshine, and in the end, freedom. This extraordinary story of hope and redemption, with exquisite illustrations by Marit Tornqvist, is certain to become a modern classic.
Publishers Weekly
Marit Tarnqvist reimagines Astrid Lindgren's wistful tale of two children "left alone in the world" and The Red Bird that gives them hope (first published in 1959, and here translated from the Swedish by Patricia Crampton). Fans of Lindgren's Pippi Longstocking tales may miss the author's sense of humor here, but T rnqvist's pen-and-ink and watercolor wash fluidly charts the children's transition from a sepia-toned, colorless world of poverty to the many-hued meadow filled with birch trees they discover, thanks to the red bird. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.