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 All About the Bullerby Children, first edition (1947) | |
| Author | Astrid Lindgren |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Ingrid Vang Nyman Ilon Wikland |
| Cover artist | Ingrid Vang Nyman Ilon Wikland |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | Swedish |
| Genre | Children |
| Publisher | Rabén & Sjögren |
| Published | 1947-1966 |
Astrid Lindgren wrote four books featuring theSix Bullerby Children (in the US released asThe Children of Noisy Village):
It was originally published in 1947 inSweden. It has since been translated into 39 languages[1] and published in many countries including theUnited States and theUnited Kingdom.
These books are about six children living in a tiny, remote village in Sweden and are set in the late 1930s, a relatively calm time in Sweden, although a war "starting soon" is sometimes briefly mentioned in newspapers the children are reading. The agricultural world is still in a pre-industrial state (no tractors or harvesters) and the arrival of a car is a big event, because the road ends there. School and shops are available in Storby, the large village nearby.
The narrator is a young girl named Lisa, who tells about her life and adventures in the small and neat Swedish village Bullerby. The village consists of three lined up houses in which live seven children with their parents and housekeepers: Lisa with her older brothers Lasse and Bosse, the siblings Britta and Anna, as well as Olle with his younger sister Kerstin.
Bullerby is represented by the small village of Sevedstorp where Lindgren's father grew up (10 miles from her hometown ofVimmerby and the village of Näs, where she was born).
The television series from 1960 was also re-edited into two feature films,Alla vi barn i Bullerbyn (1960) andBara roligt i Bullerbyn (1961). The two films by Lasse Hallström were reworked into a seven-episode TV-series, titledAlla vi barn i Bullerbyn, that was broadcast in 1989. Some scenes in the film adaptations were shot in the small hamletStensjö by inSmåland.[2]
Several scenes in Astrid Lindgren's films about theChildren of Noisy Village andEmil in Lönneberga were filmed in Stensjö.
