Lotta S Christmas Surprise

Five-year-old Lotta claims she can do anything--even find a Christmas tree for her family when there are none in town.

This volume discusses the aesthetic and cognitive challenges of modern picturebooks from different countries, such as Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, and USA. The overarching issue concerns the mutual relationship between representation and narration by means of the picturebooks’ multimodal character. Moreover, this volume includes the main lines of debate and approaches to picturebooks by international leading researchers in the field. Topics covered are the impact of paratexts and interpictorial allusions, the relationship between artists’ books, crossover picturebooks, and picturebooks for adults, the narrative defiance of wordless picturebooks, the representation of emotions in images and text, and the depiction of hybrid characters in picturebooks. The enlargement of the picturebook corpus beyond an Anglo-American picturebook canon opens up new horizons and highlights the diverging styles and genre shifts in modern picturebooks. This tendency also demonstrates the influence of specific authors and illustrators on the appreciation of the picturebook genre, as in the case of Astrid Lindgren’s picturebooks and the picturebooks created by renowned illustrators, such as Anthony Browne, Wolf Erlbruch, Stian Hole, and Bruno Munari. This book will be the definite contribution to contemporary picturebook research for many years to come.

Peter and Lotta's first Christmas with their aunts and uncle is full of surprises. How will the children make Christmas extra special this year? A collectable mini edition of the classic Elsa Beskow picture book with a cloth spine. When Peter and Lotta spend their first Christmas with their new family (Aunt Green, Aunt Brown, Aunt Lavender and Uncle Blue), they are amazed by all the wonderful things, from decorating the Christmas tree and delicious gingerbread to presents delivered by the Christmas Goat! Before Christmas comes around again the children are determined to discover where the presents really come from and give their aunts and uncle special gifts. Then on Christmas Eve, Peter and Lotta's kindness and generosity is rewarded with something unexpected. This delightful story from the world-renowned Swedish author-illustrator Elsa Beskow celebrates Swedish Christmas traditions and being a good neighbor. Elsa Beskow's Peter and Lotta series, about two orphans and their adopted family is full of gentle humor and charm. This wonderful mini gift edition of Peter and Lotta's Christmas reproduces Elsa Beskow's classic illustrations and beloved story in an adorable small format - ideal for little hands.

Lotta gives the Easter Bunny a helping hand when all the candy stores close early.