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Book Details
The Children of Hat Cottage
Elsa Beskow
| Price: |
£10.99 |
| Publication Date: |
19 Jan 2012 |
| Availability: |
Available to buy
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| Format: | hardback | Extent: | 32 pages |
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| Size: | 222 x 270 mm | ISBN: | 9780863158551 |
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| Publisher: | Floris Books | Subject: | Elsa Beskow Picture Books |
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| Illustrations: | colour illustrations | Age Range: | From 3 to 6 years |
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Three children and their mother live in a cottage shaped like a hat on a little island in a lake. One day their mother goes to the mainland to find yarn to make the children new clothes. While she's away the children try to help around the house, but housework is much harder than they thought.
They have great fun sweeping the chimney -- but they get very dirty. They wash their clothes in the lake and dry them over a fire -- but fires are hard to control... Will Hat Cottage be standing by the time their mother returns?
A charming story from Elsa Beskow about getting help from unexpected places, with lively illustrations in her classic style.
Reviews
'The story is enchanting and Beskow's illustrations are gorgeous.'
-- smilinglikesunshine blog
'This is a sweet little story with simple, but lovely illustrations. The themes of independence, triumphing over adversity, and keep one’s cool in the face of disaster are great for shared storytime. The fairytale aspects of the setting will delight children who want to believe in gnomes and little spirits, and the poise with which the mother picks up the remains of her burnt-out life and makes the best of it is something I shall aspire to when things are higgledey-piggeldy in my life.'
--playingbythebook.com
'The charming fable was published in Sweden in 1930, and its vintage feel is positively refreshing.'
-- Kirkus, February 2012
'The Children of Hat Cottage … uses simple, yet quirky illustrations and words to best effect, this story is one most children will identify with because it is all about three children's good intentions turning unintentionally into mayhem.'
--Early Years Educator, April 2012
'Elsa Beskow's illustrations are as wonderful as always. There is good reason for Swedes loving her books so much… I'm really pleased that someone -- in this case Floris Books -- decided to publish Elsa Beskow's books for a new and wider audience.'
-- Bookwitch, May 2012
About the Author(s)
Elsa Beskow (1874-1953) is the most popular children’s illustrator in Sweden, where her picture books have been known and loved for over a century.
Useful Things to Know
Find out more about Elsa Beskow and her world on our Elsa Beskow Biography and Book Information page. Includes a complete book list.
