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Barbro Lindgren
Eva Eriksson

THE TALE The Tale of the Tiny Man is a classic Swedish

OF THE picture book, which has been read and loved
for over 40 years. It has been adapted as a play
TINY MAN and regularly toured, and is now reillustrated
for this new edition.

Barbro Lindgren is a pioneering children’s
author from Sweden. Her many awards include
the Astrid Lindgren Prize, the Nils Holgersson
plaque and the Grand Prize of the Society for the
Promotion of Literature. In 2014, she received There was once a tiny man. One day, at the first
the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.
sign of spring, he decided to pin a note to a tree that said
Eva Eriksson is one of the world’s great FRIEND WANTED. Then he sat down on the step to wait.
illustrators. Her awards include the Astrid
THE TALE OF THE TINY MAN Barbro Lindgren • Eva Eriksson
Lindgren Prize and the August award and she is After ten days, he woke to find a cold nose in his hand.
consistently nominated for the Hans Christian Beside him was a big dog with a beautiful curve in its tail.
Andersen and other international accolades.
The tiny man had made a friend at last.

ISBN 978-1-776574-10-0

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