What Little Anna Saw

By Inger and Lasse Sandberg

Anna is a little girl who likes to do things by herself: she wants to build things and she wants to decide on things. She knows how to because she is a very clever girl! Anna also has a good friend, the world’s tallest uncle. Tall Uncle is tall and thoughtful, and little Anna is small and very brave. Together they make a great team! Little Anna’s Tall Uncle is very tall. He is so tall that when Little Anna sits on his green hat, she can see all the way home! In this book, Anna gets to explore the world from very high up from where she sees very far. What do you think she sees from sitting on Tall Uncle’s hat? First published in 1964, the artwork and style of this book were updated in 2015.

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About the author

Swedish cartoonist and illustrator Lasse Sandberg and teacher and author Inger Sandberg met in the 1950s and started their successful collaboration as a creative team and married couple. Outside the Nordics they are probably best known for their books about Little Anna and Little Ghost Laban. Together Inger and Lasse wrote and illustrated over 100 books and have been nominated and awarded several prestigious prizes, including the Astrid Lindgren prize and Elsa Beskow plaque.