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New Swedish Books 58 Frallan is the Best! Sara Oh
lsson and Lisen Adbåge’s Frallan is the Best! fires the starting shot in a new series of books to read aloud about Fransesca Fransson aka ”Frallan“, her Mum and her Granny. With Granny acting as the all-powerful but biased judge, Frallan and her Mum get to choose three events each to compete in, for example timed washing up, building the highest tower, or who can hit the ball into the top corner of the goal the most. The interplay between the three characters, the chubby mummy with her rules, the scatter-brained granny, who unwaveringly takes the child’s side, and the cunning Frallan herself, is described with a refreshing sense of humour. And the colourful and energetic illustrations contribute to a joyful reading experience. A detail, which sets the tone, is the depiction of the soft, comfortable clothes that the mum and granny wear, where rolls of fat bulge out from around their waists. The story is a confident study in how to get along with your close-ones and get by when their differences rub you up the wrong way. Sara Ohlsson (text) b. 1977 Lisen Adbåge (ill) b. 1982 Frallan is the Best! Publisher Lilla Pirat www.lillapiratforlaget.se Rights Lilla Pirat linda@lillapiratforlaget.se Sara Ohlsson Works Jag är tyvärr död och kan inte komma till skolan idag YA 2011 Ingen normal står i regnet och sjunger Chapter Book 2016 Lisen Adbåge Selected Works Kurt och Kio vill ha koja Picture Book 2009 Kan man...? (together with Petter Lidbeck, text) Picture Book 2004 Halsen rapar hjärtat slår – rim för 0 till 100 år (together with Emma Adbåge) Picture Book 2016 Selected Literary Prizes Bokjuryns pris 2004 Lennart Hellsing-priset 2016 Rolf Wirténs kulturpris, with Emma Adbåge 2017 Photos: Stefan Tell