Hattie and Olaf
From the Series Hattie
The warm-hearted follow-up story of audacious and captivating six-year-old Hattie, a modern-day Pippi Longstocking.
Hattie and best friend Linda navigate the social politics of their first school years in this funny illustrated chapter book for early readers. With all the humor, anarchy and energy of Pippi Longstocking, this is a perfect story of friendship and resilience for young independent readers.
Hattie wants a horse more than anything. Her friend Ellen has three ponies. When Hattie’s father finally comes home with a horse trailer, Hattie is ecstatic. But instead of a horse, out stomps Olaf—a donkey. Now Hattie not only has horse fever, she suddenly catches lying sickness as well.
Inclined to emotional storms and exaggeration—always with the best intentions—Hattie is the very true picture of the rebellious, overenthusiastic six-year-old in all of us.
“A sparkling story that honors the sensibilities and world of young schoolchildren.”—Kirkus Reviews
Hattie was selected as The Times Children’s Book of the Week.
Frida Nilsson is a leading Swedish author who has won numerous awards including the Astrid Lindgren Prize in 2014. Nilsson’s writing is characterized by humor and sincerity. She writes about the big questions in life—friendship, death and love—and has been compared to Roald Dahl and Astrid Lindgren.
Stina Wirsén is one of Sweden’s most popular and prolific children’s book illustrators.
Other books by Frida Nilsson:
Hattie
The Ice Sea Pirates
Praise for Hattie and Olaf
“Wirsén’s black-and-white illustrations are full of spark and life, complementing the story’s quirky aspect. A sparkling story that honors the sensibilities and world of young schoolchildren.”—Kirkus Reviews
“Hattie and Olaf is a heartwarming and hilarious addition to a series I love. I can’t wait to see what Frida Nilsson does next!”—Readings Bookshops
Praise for Hattie
“Hattie is from the Pippi Longstocking school of clever, anti-establishment little girls who have the capacity for misrule until their conscience kicks in, their hearts turn to fondant and they return to the path of righteousness (while avoiding piety) … This is really a collection of the funniest dispatches from her first school year … it’s told with elegant precision and Nilsson has a peculiar power to make you remember exactly what it was like to be small, fierce, disempowered and six”—The Times, Children’s Book of the Week
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Author: Frida Nilsson
Frida Nilsson is a leading Swedish author who has been an August Prize nominee three times and won the Astrid Lindgren Prize in 2014. In 2017 she was selected as one of Europe's best emerging writers for young people through the Hay Festival's Aarhus 39, and in 2021 she was awarded the inaugural Swedish Academy Prize for Children and Youth Literature. Her books have been translated throughout Europe and nominated for the prestigious Youth Literature Prize in Germany and several literary awards in France. Nilsson's writing is characterised by humour and sincerity. She writes about the big questions in life—friendship, death and love—and has been compared to Roald Dahl and Astrid Lindgren. Her novel The Ice Sea Pirates has sold over 25,000 copies in Sweden alone and been sold into 20 languages. She has also published Hattie, which was The Times Children's Book of the Week, and Hattie and Olaf as well. She lives on Mörkö, in the countryside outside of Stockholm, with her family and two basset hounds.
Illustrator: Stina Wirsén
Stina Wirsén is one of Sweden's most popular children's book illustrators. She has illustrated and written numerous books of different genres that have been published all over the world and dramatized on stage and TV.
Reviews
The Horn Book Magazine
“This is the perfect offering for readers who have graduated from the Dani books by Lagercrantz and Eriksson . . . or who resonate with Hilary McKay’s brand of bracing hilarity.”—The Horn Book Magazine
Kirkus Reviews
“A sparkling story that honors the sensibilities and world of young schoolchildren.”—Kirkus Reviews
