Pija Lindenbaum

Doris is a determined little girl who knows her own mind. And what she wants is to finish the civil engineering project she’s working on in her sandpit, not to go out for afternoon tea – particularly when that means putting on a pink flouncy frock rather than her favourite sailor suit.

A curated list of recent highlights in picture books and chapter books for young readers, as reviewed in Swedish Book Review.

In her wonderful new picture book, We Have to Have Ketchup! Pija Lindenbaum, tells the story of a camping site problem that captures both a microcosm of contemporary society and the child’s world.