1.0Floris Books Bloghttps://www.florisbooks.co.uk/blogFloris Bookshttps://www.florisbooks.co.uk/blog/author/floris/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="hxL6RwrTvu"><a href="https://www.florisbooks.co.uk/blog/2017/01/19/our-favourite-elsa-beskow-books/">Our Favourite Elsa Beskow Books</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.florisbooks.co.uk/blog/2017/01/19/our-favourite-elsa-beskow-books/embed/#?secret=hxL6RwrTvu" width="600" height="338" title="“Our Favourite Elsa Beskow Books” — Floris Books Blog" data-secret="hxL6RwrTvu" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.florisbooks.co.uk/blog/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> Elsa Beskow (1874 – 1953) was an award-winning Swedish children’s book author and illustrator. She is often called the Beatrix Potter of Scandinavia, and for more than 100 years Swedish children have grown up with her stories. Here are some of Floris’ favourite Elsa Beskow books. What are yours? Leave a reply in the comments […]http://www.florisbooks.co.uk/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Beskow-signature.jpg