Hattie and Olaf

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The warm-hearted follow-up story of audacious and captivating six-year-old Hattie, a modern-day Pippi Longstocking.

Hattie and best friend Linda navigate the social politics of their first school years in this funny illustrated chapter book for early readers. With all the humour, anarchy and energy of Pippi Longstocking, this is a perfect story of friendship and resilience for young independent readers.

Hattie wants a horse more than anything. Her friend Ellen has three ponies. When Hatties father finally comes home with a horse trailer, Hattie is ecstatic. But instead of a horse, out stomps Olafa donkey. Now Hattie not only has horse fever, she suddenly catches lying sickness as well.

Inclined to emotional storms and exaggerationalways with the best intentionsHattie is the very true picture of the rebellious, overenthusiastic six-year-old in all of us.

Other books by Frida Nilsson:

Hattie(selected asThe TimesChildrens Book of the Week)

The Ice Sea Pirates

Reviews

Wirsns black-and-white illustrations are full of spark and life, complementing the storys quirky aspect. A sparkling story that honors the sensibilities and world of young schoolchildren.

-- Kirkus Reviews

"Hattie and Olaf" is an impressively original, deftly written, and charmingly entertaining novel by author/storyteller Firda Nilsson that is nicely illustrated with black-and-white sketch art by illustrator Stina Wirsen.

-- Midwest Book Review, Children's Bookwatch

Hattie and Olaf is a heartwarming and hilarious addition to a series I love. I cant wait to see what Frida Nilsson does next!

-- Readings Bookshops

Author Bio

Frida Nilsson is a leading Swedish author who has been an August Prize nominee three times and won the Astrid Lindgren Prize in 2014. In 2017 she was selected as one of Europes best emerging writers for young people through the Hay Festivals Aarhus 39. Her books have been translated throughout Europe and nominated for the prestigious Youth Literature Prize in Germany and several literary awards in France. Nilssons writing is characterised by humour and sincerity. She writes about the big questions in lifefriendship, death and loveand has been compared to Roald Dahl and Astrid Lindgren.

Stina Wirsn is one of Swedens most popular and prolific childrens book illustrators. She has illustrated and written numerous books of different genres that have been published all over the world and dramatized on stage and TV.