Lisa lives in a tiny place called Noisy Village with all her friends, and with so many children living there, it's a very noisy place indeed! Join the children on a riotous adventure as they explore the great outdoors and get up to plenty of mischief, in this gently humorous story collection by much-loved author, Astrid Lindgren.

The story of six children living on farms in Noisy Village, a small Scandinavian town.

Welcome to Noisy Village! Well, it's not really quite what it sounds. Lisa, who tells the story, lives on Middle Farm with her parents and two brothers, Karl and Bill. Britta and Anna live at North Farm and Olaf and Kerstin live at South Farm. It is because the houses are right next door to each other in a clump as they liked to do these things in rural Sweden years ago, and because the because the children make so much racket that the farmhouses came to be so honestly and happily named. A large linden tree grows between Middle and South Farms and so the boys in the two houses visit each other by climbing through the branches--even the girls do it sometimes, like the night they all waited for Olaf to go to sleep so that they could pull out his loose tooth without his knowing it! That is only one of the many escapades designed to make readers young and old wish they could step right into the pages of this little book. Join the fun in this companion volume to The Children of Noisy Village (published by Viking Penguin). Illustrated with delightful line drawings by Ilon Wikland; translated by Florence Lamborn.

The noisy children of three neighboring families have a gay time at Christmas baking cookies, cutting and decorating trees, eating fruitcake and tarts, and opening Christmas gifts.

Seven-year-old Lisa tells 29 happy and satisfying stories about the adventures and celebrations of six children who live side by side in the Swedish village of Bullerby.

In the middle of the countryside, there are three farms, all in a row, where Lisa, her two brothers and their friends live. Some days they pretend to be shipwrecked pirates. Others they explore the caves across the lake, sell the cherries they've picked, or sleep under the stars after a fishing trip. One day, Lisa even takes her lamb to school! There's never a quiet day for the children of Noisy Village! A charming collection of stories from one of the world's best-loved children's authors.

It's a chilly winter night on the farm. Everyone is fast asleep. All but one ...On silent feet the Tomten visits the dreaming cows, the slumbering sheep and the children sleeping soundly in their beds. He whispers softly to each of them, making sure they are safe and warm.This classic picture book is a delight for young children, depicting the traditional Swedish character of the house elf, or tomten.

Jonas, Maria, and Lotta, the rambunctious Nyman children, have a year of exciting adventures and prove themselves to be unpredictable.

Five-year-old Lena longs to go to school and is excited when her older brother takes her with him to spend the day at his school.

Anna and Matthew, two poor siblings who have known only hunger, cold, and hard labor since their mother died, follow a bright red bird to a land of happiness.

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This story from the author of Pippi Longstocking tells of the adventures of Lisa, her brothers and their three friends.

Disappointed that she didn't get a bicycle for her birthday, five-year-old Lotta, confident that she knows how to ride, decides to take matters into her own hands and borrow the neighbor's bicycle.

Pippi and her friends, Tommy and Annika, attend the circus where Pippi walks the tightrope and wrestles with the "World's Strongest Man."

Barbara visits her secret twin sister, Lalla-Lee, who lives in the Golden Hall underneath the rosebush at the end of the garden with her two dogs, and the girls ride their horses through the Great Horrible Forest."

Escapades of a lucky little girl who lives with a horse and a monkey - but without any parents - at the edge of a Swedish village.

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Mischievous Emil tests out a pair of stilts, rides a horse, and goes on a sleigh ride, all with predictably disastrous results.