Stocky and decorated with figures in bright colours, they remind of konfektpaket. Which they actually are, pekböcker for small children does not differ much from lördagsgodis, and with the division of the grandly and extravagantly is about the same. You know, the wise, the bags filled with fruktstänger and raisins in competition with the more lighthearted horns of plenty of sega rats. And so, of course, vuxengodiset, it is expensive that contains chocolates with a cocoa content of 99%, more statusmarkör than true godisnjutning.
Image 1 of 2 Illustration: Alison Oliver Slide 2 of 2 Illustration: Alison Oliver Slideshow
in the past year pekböcker. Also here goes the spectrum from the sockersöt oförarglighet, over the dull pedagogy and so, little von oben, the peklektyr not directly appealing to children – read 99 % cocoa – but still triggers the adult. Type ”but check it out, here is a picture book about the cool graffitikonstnären I looked into in Berlin here…”
Right now, for example Bonnier Carlsen verlag under the title ”a BabyLit book,” seen to buy into, and translate the ”Pride & prejudice”, Jane austen’s world famous novel pre-shrunk to räknesaga. All of the nine kartonguppslag, called ”a picture book about figures of Jennifer Adams”. I takes me to the forehead – as if six people would have the slightest interest in figure 3 only for the illustrated of the houses Longbourn, Netherfield and Pemberley. Even worse is the situation with the ”Frankenstein – a picture book about the body” where Jennifer Adams is trying on some kind of ironic twist of the background story and want to teach body parts by means of cartoon robotbilder. Why?
Image 1 of 3 To add blocks in the potty, wondering Bebbe in the ”Bebbe and the potty”. Illustration: Mervi Lindman Slide 2 of 3 Illustration: Mervi Lindman Slide 3 of 3 Illustration: Gunilla Wolde Slideshow
at all do not ask when it comes to the Swedish manga talent ”Chant with the Bebbe” and ”Bebbe and the potty” as they are freshest in the line of Mervi Lindmans smååringsböcker called. Constantly he småknäppe Bebbe with the lure of huvudfoting. Bebbe take basically nothing, but will learn during the bläddringens time. For example, when to the potty in the first place is not a repository of lego building blocks. The didactic grip is hardly new, but combined with a sense of humour and warm, and the madness it becomes fun.
And so it is that, as Astrid Lindgren’s Seacrow says, find ”the right one knycken”. Just in the year when Nature & Culture, as a tribute to the 2015 departed barnboksmakaren Gunilla Wolde, gives out nybearbetningar of Akorn and the Emma stories, noticed how even smååringsberättelsernas tone shifted over time. Tottes and Emma’s vardagsäventyr was innovative in the 1970s, but seems now the right innocuous.
Image 1 of 3 the newly published ”Bibbi on the walk” by Ingrid Olsson and Charlotte Ramel is an anarchic part of the smååringslivet. Illustration: Charlotte Ramel Slide 2 of 3 Illustration: Charlotte Ramel Slide 3 of 3 Illustration: Charlotte Ramel Slideshow
more ”twitch” in the themes for several of today’s new pekboksförfattare loading their stories with. Ingrid Olsson and Charlotte ramel’s stories (Lilla Piratförlaget) if the cocky Bibbi. She is not in any respect allow themselves to slätkammas without running right there where the race every single tvåårsunge done. Go all in in the ”småbarnsgirighet” which flare up just in the discovery of ”all my are my but all your is also mine”. A tough time, but a part of the människoblivandet. In the ”Bibbi eat the sandwich” is a ostsmörgåsduell between the dog Lars and Bibbi. Recently came also a new control slicers out smååringslivet, ”Bibbi on the walk”.
Intuitive humorous is also Emelie Andrén and Lisa Moroni Nisse and Nora-books. If kissnödighetens miserable recognition is ”Nisse & Nora may hurry” (Alfabeta).
Illustration: Cecilia Heikkilä
where knycken, to induce add something to the completely mundane. When Anna Ribbing and Cecilia Heikkilä tells us about the ”Bruno go sledding” (Rabén & Sjögren), in a way that makes the whole simple story to grow to bebisdeckare then Bruno is looking for the ”missing” tracks in the snow.
Sometimes aired ideas about småbarnskultur is something that most should be stroked on the head. To verkshöjden in pekboksutgivningen not much to talk about – who cares? Nonsense! Very many, as they of 115,000 children born each year, as well as their pekboksförmedlare in the capacity of parents, relatives, a teacher… a whole bunch of care because it of course is the very best, most touching, most children presented at their first cultural meeting.
And flecks of gold, but also the bottom nipple. It is difficult to understand why Rabén & Sjögren find it meaningful to give out titles like ”Roll the fire” or ”Roll around” by Carl Johanson. Why should anyone spend money on this when the daily tumble in gratiskataloger in the mailbox where it abounds in illustrations, without context. Or why so skilled barnboksmakare as Eva Susso and Erika Jacobson is content to give up a bone-dry, pekhistoria as ”Jonna ” meet the animals” (Lilla Piratförlaget)?
Illustration: Olof Landström
återutger at the same time, a small pekboksskatt in the form of Lena and Olof Landströms ”Pom and Pim”. A character which was published in 2012, but now got tjockformat, and is all about how luck and bad luck can change when the child Pom to go on the walk with the doll the Pim. Stumble and hit your nose in the hill – what a bad luck! Happen to find some money right there – what luck! Everything in the shape of a priceless imagery.
A smååringsnjutning for all times is, of course, the now classic and ever-newly released, ”Knock on” by Anna Clara Tidholm (Alfabeta). Genius in the carton.
Illustration: Anna-Clara Tidholm
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