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Lindgren, Barbro

Julia Wants a Pet

32 pp. | Farrar/R&S | September, 2003 | Trade ISBN 91-29-65940-X $$15.00
(2) K-3 Translated by Elisabeth Kallick Dyssegaard. Illustrated by Eva Eriksson. In this quirky, unmistakably European book, Julia is in the courtyard of her dreary apartment complex with a baby carriage, looking for a pet to put in it. Lindgren strikes a tone of an adult observer, recounting Julia's playtime with understanding of the child's hilariously egocentric point of view. Eriksson's drawings on warm brown paper capture both the bleakness and coziness of Julia's surroundings, and Julia herself bristles with energy and purpose.
Reviewer: Susan Dove Lempke | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2003

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