Little Parsley [Hardcover]

Contemplate a hedgehog’s bristles, a crab’s bad mood, a pea who believes it was meant to be a butterfly, and other wonderful images in Inger Hagerup’s poems.

"Gaugin’s original illustrations are attractively rendered in black-line cartoon style with splotches of light green, royal blue, aquamarine, pumpkin, and mustard. The book’s appealing cover will engage children, and the poems might prompt them to create their own silly rhymes."—School Library Journal, STARRED REVIEW

The combination of handwritten, informal verse and Paul René Gauguin's avant-garde illustrations has proven to be an irresistible and endlessly delightful combination for children and adults alike. Alive with sound, shape, and color, Hagerup's children's poems are still known by heart by every Norwegian child and collections of her poetry can be found on every child's bookshelf.

Generations of Norwegian children have grown up reading and reciting poems byInger Hagerup(1905-1985). She made her literary debut in 1939 withI got Lost in the Woods, a collection of poetry. This was followed by a number of notable collections, likeFurther(1945) andVerse with the Wind(1958). Involved with in the resistance movement against the Nazis in Norway during World War II, Hagerup is, above all, a poet of love. But she is also a poet of death; many of her best poems circle this subject. In addition to her life as a children's author, she wrote radio plays and reinterpreted Shakespeare and Goethe. Her memoirsA Girl Came Along, What Are You Doing Down Here,andOut Seeking Labour,were published in the 60s.
Born in Cophenhagen, the son of Pola Gauguin and the grandson of the French post-impressionist Paul Gauguin,Paul Ren? Gauguin(1911-1976) was a painter, sculptor, set designer, and illustrator. He is well remembered for his innovative color woodcuts. He first learned ls)