[{"id":270254801063,"handle":"all","title":"All","updated_at":"2024-04-19T13:30:38-05:00","body_html":null,"published_at":"2021-06-25T11:34:27-05:00","sort_order":"created-desc","template_suffix":null,"disjunctive":false,"rules":[{"column":"variant_inventory","relation":"greater_than","condition":"-10000"}],"published_scope":"web"},{"id":268979011751,"handle":"childrens","title":"Children's Books","updated_at":"2024-04-19T13:30:38-05:00","body_html":"","published_at":"2021-06-08T09:35:02-05:00","sort_order":"created-desc","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":true,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Children's"}],"published_scope":"web","image":{"created_at":"2021-06-08T09:35:02-05:00","alt":null,"width":3741,"height":1198,"src":"\/\/skandisk.com\/cdn\/shop\/collections\/Childrens.jpg?v=1706551954"}},{"id":268982681767,"handle":"flicka-ricka-dicka","title":"Maj Lindman","updated_at":"2024-04-09T16:00:13-05:00","body_html":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cimg height=\"240x240\" width=\"240x240\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0566\/5226\/7687\/files\/Maj_Lindman_border_240x240.jpg?v=1632252865\" style=\"margin-right: 1px; margin-bottom: 2px; float: left;\"\u003e Maj Lindman (1886 – 1972) was one of the leading authors and illustrators of Swedish children’s books. She produced extensive work not just in Sweden and throughout the Nordic countries but also in the USA and Canada.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eMaj Lindman was born as Mary in Örebro in 1886.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAfter completing her schooling Maj Lindman moved to Stockholm where she began artistic studies. She eventually enrolled at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, where she was selected as the best student of the year in 1906.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eLindman later married the artist Gustav Jansson, also an academy student. The couple had three children before divorcing in 1921.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cimg data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"float: right;\" height=\"240x240\" width=\"240x240\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0566\/5226\/7687\/files\/Snip.Snap.Snur_border_480x480.jpg?v=1632260110\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0566\/5226\/7687\/files\/Snip.Snap.Snur_border_480x480.jpg?v=1632260110\"\u003eMaj Lindman wrote and illustrated around twenty books centred on three boys called Snipp, Snapp, and Snurr and three girls called Rufsi, Tufsi, and Tott. The latter three are known as Flicka, Ricka, and Dicka in the USA and Canada.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: start;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe American publishers, Albert Whitman \u0026amp; Company in Chicago, began to publish Maj Lindman’s books in the United States. These books were considered more suitable for the American market than the Swedish. At the time, Swedish children’s books tended to resemble fairytales written in the spirit of John Bauer and Elsa Beskow. Lindman’s realistic stories were straightforward, ordinary, and simple and bore no resemblance to the elves and trolls of yore.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eShe treated children as clever beings who were worthy of respect.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe boys in her books were helpful, generous, and gained much delight from giving away something meaningful.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\n\u003cimg data-mce-fragment=\"1\" style=\"float: left;\" height=\"240x240\" width=\"240x240\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0566\/5226\/7687\/files\/FRD_Dresses_border_480x480.jpg?v=1632260125\" data-mce-src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0566\/5226\/7687\/files\/FRD_Dresses_border_480x480.jpg?v=1632260125\"\u003eMaj Lindman’s three fictional female characters are similar to the boys, armed with special caring and compassionate qualities. Her most-read book, Flicka Ricka Dicka and the New Dotted Dresses, published in 1946, has the three girls heading out into the forest where they meet a little old woman in great need of help, which they supply in abundance. They help her with her animals and a load of other tasks without giving a thought to their new dresses which end up torn and covered in dirt. Despite this their mother does not get angry with them and they wash and mend their red-dotted dresses themselves.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eMaj Lindman’s clear and explicit illustrations reverberated with the American public. The fact that Maj Lindman herself illustrated and wrote the texts in English simplified the process. A total of 25 different stories portraying the adventures of these cheerful and responsible children were produced and published in the USA and Canada during the 1932–1960 period. The books have continued to be reprinted in new editions making these helpful, honest, and friendly children familiar to many.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eExcerpted from:\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eMary (Maj) Lindman, www.skbl.se\/sv\/artikel\/MaryMajLindman, Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon (article by Sverker Lindström), retrieved 2021-08-26.\u003c\/div\u003e","published_at":"2021-06-08T10:26:48-05:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":true,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Flicka Ricka Dicka"}],"published_scope":"web"},{"id":268982878375,"handle":"picture-books","title":"Picture Books","updated_at":"2024-04-19T13:30:38-05:00","body_html":"","published_at":"2021-06-08T10:26:58-05:00","sort_order":"created-desc","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":true,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"picture-books"}],"published_scope":"web"},{"id":278628565159,"handle":"childrens_picturebooks","title":"Picture Books","updated_at":"2024-04-19T13:30:38-05:00","body_html":null,"published_at":"2021-10-08T11:35:39-05:00","sort_order":"alpha-asc","template_suffix":null,"disjunctive":false,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"childrens_picturebooks"}],"published_scope":"web"},{"id":268978880679,"handle":"scandinavian","title":"Scandinavian","updated_at":"2024-04-19T13:30:30-05:00","body_html":"","published_at":"2021-06-08T09:34:54-05:00","sort_order":"created-desc","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":true,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"scandinavian"}],"published_scope":"web","image":{"created_at":"2021-10-08T11:03:59-05:00","alt":null,"width":1920,"height":1332,"src":"\/\/skandisk.com\/cdn\/shop\/collections\/ferhat-deniz-fors-tVqQSfXQ_SI-unsplash_d6e07c05-8210-4e98-ac33-247479becb9f.jpg?v=1633709040"}},{"id":278628630695,"handle":"childrens_scandinavian","title":"Scandinavian","updated_at":"2024-04-19T09:44:39-05:00","body_html":null,"published_at":"2021-10-08T11:35:39-05:00","sort_order":"alpha-asc","template_suffix":null,"disjunctive":false,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"childrens_scandinavian"}],"published_scope":"web"},{"id":429576028375,"handle":"scandinavian-childrens-books","title":"Scandinavian Children's Books","updated_at":"2024-04-19T09:44:39-05:00","body_html":"","published_at":"2024-04-18T12:51:04-05:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":false,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"childrens_scandinavian"}],"published_scope":"web"},{"id":270253916327,"handle":"sweden","title":"Sweden","updated_at":"2024-04-19T10:40:11-05:00","body_html":"","published_at":"2021-06-25T11:13:58-05:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":true,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"sweden"}],"published_scope":"web","image":{"created_at":"2021-09-20T15:19:36-05:00","alt":null,"width":1920,"height":1281,"src":"\/\/skandisk.com\/cdn\/shop\/collections\/raphael-andres-3cwvFD-YPtk-unsplash.jpg?v=1632169177"}},{"id":278012461223,"handle":"top-authors","title":"Top Authors","updated_at":"2024-04-19T09:44:39-05:00","body_html":"","published_at":"2021-09-25T21:30:49-05:00","sort_order":"best-selling","template_suffix":"","disjunctive":true,"rules":[{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"Jan Brett"},{"column":"tag","relation":"equals","condition":"H. 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The very first story about these three Swedish girls is now available in a new hardcover edition. A favorite since 1939! Flicka, Ricka, and Dicka were three little girls who lived in Sweden. They had blue eyes and yellow curls, and the looked very much alike. One day, their mother gave them beautiful new dresses to wear. The girls ran off to play, but they soon met Aunt Helma, an old woman who needed some help. Flicka, Ricka, and Dicka worked hard to take care of Aunt Helma's chickens and cow and pig. It was a happy day, but by the end, the dotted dresses were in a very sorry state! Today's yound readers will find the warm, wholesome stories of these busy, independent children immensely satisfying. Hardcover
