cover image Mirabelle

Mirabelle

Astrid Lindgren. R & S Books, $15 (32pp) ISBN 978-91-29-65821-7

Astrid Lindgren, best known for her books starring Pippi Longstocking, first published the tale of Mirabelle, a doll that sprouts from an enchanted seed, in 1949. Here it is newly translated by Elizabeth Kallick Dyssegaard, illus. by Pija Lindenbaum in quirky watercolors that lend the tale a period feel. .