Maria Gripe
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Maria Gripe, born Maja Stina Walter (25 July 1923 – 5 April 2007), was a Swedish author of books for children and young adults, which were often written in magical and mystical tone. She has written almost forty books, with many of her characters presented in short series of three or four books (e.g. Hugo and Josephine books, the Shadow series, and the titles about Lotten). For her lasting contribution to children's literature, she received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for Writing in 1974. Source: [Maria Gripe]( on Wikipedia.
Books
Agnes Cecilia
After experiencing several inexplicable incidents, lonely Nora receives a strangely lifelike doll, which leads her to discover long-hidden secrets about her family.
Green Coat
On one Saturday in May Fredrika changes her personality and subsequently learns how to deal with her family and friends through "Her Self".
Elvis and his friends
With very little help from his interfering parents, six-year-old Elvis adjusts to starting school and finally figures out how to handle his mother.
Klockornas tid
Although the astrologers have tried to ignore it, a young king and his whipping boy sense a force that directs their future.
Elvis and his secret
Six year-old Elvis tries to understand the unreasonable grownups around him and determines to follow his own inclinations despite their constant interference.
Julia's house
When rumor has it that Julia's house is going to be torn down, she and her "night daddy" Peter try to find a way to save it.
The land beyond
A tale, told once as a fairy tale and once as an allegory, recording the various reactions to an explorer's announcement that he has discovered a land not on the map.
The glassblower's children
The glassblower and his wife live happily until the prophecy that their children will disappear comes true.
Nattpappan
A fatherless girl whose mother works nights rejects the idea of a baby-sitter but rather enjoys having an eccentric young writer as her "night daddy."
Josefin
The adventures of the youngest daughter of a Swedish country parson. One of a trilogy.
Hugo och Josefin
Hugo and Josephine are two very real children. Josephine (who gave herself this name in preference of her dreary real name, Anna Gra) is the mischievous, wispy-haired daughter of a minister in a small Swedish town. At school, she is often teased and at home in the big, old parsonage, she is sometimes lonely. But when Hugo, a wild, happy vagabond comes into her life, everything changes. Hugo, who attends school only if he is not too busy carving trolls or tending his spider collection, is more than a match for the school bullies, let alone the teacher. Their friendship from the opening of school through the Swedish winter darkness, up to a momentous Christmas celebration is a sometimes hilarious but always a touching story. - From Inside Flap
Hugo
Ruling elites in Venezuela, the United States and Europe, and even Hugo Chavez himself though for different reasons, have been eager to have the world view him as the heir to Fidel Castro. But the truth about this increasingly influential world leader is more complex, and more interesting.. The Chavez that emerges from Bart Jones' carefully researched and documented biography is neither a plaster saint nor a revolutionary tyrant. He has an undeniably autocratic streak, and yet has been freely and fairly re-elected to his nations presidency three times with astonishing margins of victory. He is a master politician and an inspired improviser, a Bolivarian nationalist and an unashamed socialist. His policies have brought him into conflict with the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and major oil companies. They have also provided a model for new governments and social movements in Ecuador, Bolivia, and Argentina. When in September 2006 he declared at the United Nations that 'the devil came here yesterday ... the President of the United States', it was clear that he was taking on challenging the most powerful nation on earth, in conscious imitation of the Liberator, Simon Bolivar.From the Trade Paperback edition.
Shen mi de gong yu
After experiencing several inexplicable incidents, lonely Nora receives a strangely lifelike doll, which leads her to discover long-hidden secrets about her family.
Carolina, Berta y las sombras
CaroIin, Berta y las sombras es la tercera parte de la tetralogia LAS SOMBRAS, publicada por Ediciones SM. Berta abandona el castillo de Rosengava porque no puede vivir con una chica que llegóa su casa como doncella, luego aseguré ser hermana suya y ahora se hace pasar por su hermano en un mundo en el que una mujer vaga como alma en pena vigilando a unos hijos que la dan por muerta. Tras pasar en casa unos meses de desolación y vacio, Berta recibe y acepta la invitación de volver al castillo por Semana Santa. A partir de ese momento, los acontecimientos se precipitan y los enigmas comienzan a desvelarse. Maria Gripe, nacida en Suecia, es una aurora de prestigio zmiversal en el mundo de Ia literatura infantil y juvenil y ha sido galardonada can el Pre- mio Hans Christian Andersen. De ella se han pu- blicado en Gran Angular El abrigo verde, Los escarabajos vuelan al atardecer, El rey y el cabeza dc turco, Agnes Cecilia y El tunel de cristal.
Josephine
vi, 391 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : 20 cm
Hugo y Josefina
El primer día de clase, Josefina sospecha que la escuela no le va a gustar. Nada sale como ella esperaba: la profesora le cae muy mal y sus compañeros se ríen de ella. ¡Qué rollo ir a cole! Pero un día en el bosque, la niña conoce al misterioso Hugo.