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THE TALE OF THE TINY MAN

Eva Eriksson is one of the world’s great illustrators. Her awards include the Astrid Lindgren Prize and the August award and she is consistently nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen and other international accolades.

There was once a tiny man. One day, at the first sign of spring, he decided to pin a note to a tree that said FRIEND WANTED. Then he sat down on the step to wait.

THE TALE OF THE TINY MAN

The Tale of the Tiny Man is a classic Swedish picture book, which has been read and loved for over 40 years. It has been adapted as a play and regularly toured, and is now reillustrated for this new edition.

Barbro Lindgren • Eva Eriksson

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 the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.

Barbro Lindgren Eva Eriksson

After ten days, he woke to find a cold nose in his hand.

Beside him was a big dog with a beautiful curve in its tail.

The tiny man had made a friend at last.

ISBN 978-1-776574-10-0

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Barbro Lindgren Eva Eriksson

THE TALE OF THE TINY MAN

Translated by Julia Marshall

There was once a tiny man. He was very lonely. Even though he was kind, no one cared for him much. People thought he was too small and possibly a bit slow.

They also thought his hat was ugly.

It didn’t help that he raised his hat to everyone he met. No one was impressed.

Dogs growled and old men tripped him up when he went for his morning walk.

At night, the tiny man felt so lonely that he cried.

Why doesn’t anyone like me? I’m a kind person, he thought.

One day, at the first signs of spring, he pinned a note to a tree that said FRIEND WANTED. Then his name and address.

He sat on the steps and waited. And waited and waited, for ten days and ten nights.

By day, the sun shone and the first snowdrops pushed up through the earth. At night, the blackbirds sang so hauntingly it made him cry.

But no one wanted to be his friend. They hardly noticed the tiny man on the steps.

THE TALE OF THE TINY MAN

Eva Eriksson is one of the world’s great illustrators. Her awards include the Astrid Lindgren Prize and the August award and she is consistently nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen and other international accolades.

There was once a tiny man. One day, at the first sign of spring, he decided to pin a note to a tree that said FRIEND WANTED. Then he sat down on the step to wait.

THE TALE OF THE TINY MAN

The Tale of the Tiny Man is a classic Swedish picture book, which has been read and loved for over 40 years. It has been adapted as a play and regularly toured, and is now reillustrated for this new edition.

Barbro Lindgren • Eva Eriksson

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 the Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award.

Barbro Lindgren Eva Eriksson

After ten days, he woke to find a cold nose in his hand.

Beside him was a big dog with a beautiful curve in its tail.

The tiny man had made a friend at last.

ISBN 978-1-776574-10-0

Tale of the Tiny Man_PB Cover.indd All Pages

12/08/21 9:21 PM