Major score at the thrift store recently! Elsie Beskow, the Swedish artist and children's author, created the sweetest stories about children in nature. Her books make beautiful gifts and tend to be found in fancier bookstores and catalogues. I was so lucky to find a pristine copy of her Peter in Blueberry Land at the thrift store (for 75 cents!)
In this story, Peter wants to collect a basket each of blueberries and cranberries for his mother's birthday. When he goes into the woods he happens to meet the King of Blueberry Land who shrinks him down to size. Peter then gets to play with the Blueberry Princes, meet Mrs. Cranberry and her daughters, ride wild mice and sail on a bark boat. He returns home with his baskets full just in time for his mother's birthday.
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