Little Anna and the Mysterious Seeds

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 is a resourceful girl and knows how to! She 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! Tall Uncle finds a bag of mysterious seeds and wants to surprise little Anna with them. They plant them together with Anna, and the seeds grow astonishingly fast. They grow so much that little Anna’s room turns into a jungle! They can now play hide and seek with Tall Uncle in Anna’s own room. What playful and troublesome seeds Tall Uncle has found… Little Anna then learns how to plant and grow seeds the proper way – without creating any jungles.

Publishing information

Year of publication

1979

Page count

32

Original title

Lilla Anna och de mystiska fröna

Original language

Swedish

Original publisher

Rabén & Sjögren

About the author

Photo of Inger and Lasse Sandberg for Rights and Brands Literary Rights.

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.

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