The doll Mirabell
The doll Mirabell ( Swedish Mirabell ) is a story by Astrid Lindgren .
action
Britta-Kajsa wants nothing more than a doll. But a doll costs a lot of money. Money their parents don't have.
One day when Britta-Kajsa's parents are at work, she meets a strange little man. He asks Britta-Kajsa to open the gate for him so that he can drive through with his carriage. Britta-Kajsa does as she is told. The little man explains that although he cannot give her any money, he can give her a tiny seed that she can plant in her garden bed. Some time after Britta-Kajsa planted the seed, a doll grows out of it. Britta-Kajsa later shows the doll to her astonished parents. They cannot believe what they are seeing. A little later Britta-Kajsa takes the doll to her room. Suddenly the doll starts to speak and says that her name is Mirabell. From then on, Britta-Kajsa and Mirabell do almost everything together. Britta-Kajsa is sure to have the greatest doll in the world.
Publications
The book was first published in Sweden in 2002. The book was illustrated by Pija Lindenbaum . In Germany, the book was published in 2003 by Oetinger Verlag. The book was translated by Karl Kurt Peters .
The book was also rewritten as a play in Germany. In 2006 the play was premiered in the Theater Junge Generation Dresden. Later, the Klexs Theater performed the work of Astrid Lindgren in the Porz district town hall. It was a play with singing and music for children aged three and over. The play was also performed in the Die Käuze theater in Karlsruhe.
reception
Maria Ribbeck praises the illustrations by Pija Lindenbaum. Her pictures are "wonderfully straightforward and headstrong, with rich colors and a crazy chicken that is on every page".
Galline Volanti also praises the illustrations and the text by Astrid Lindgren. Reading is never boring. The story is never exaggerated, never bland, often sparkling and always significant.
Individual evidence
- ^ Astrid Lindgren / Pija Lindenbaum. The doll Mirabell. .
- ^ Astrid Lindgren. Illustrator: Pija Lindenbaum. Mirabell. .
- ↑ The doll Mirabell. .
- ↑ Lindgren, Astrid, the doll Mirabell. .
- ^ Stefan Palm: The doll Mirabell. .
- ↑ The doll Mirabell. .
- ↑ Mirabell, the doll made from the seed. .
- ↑ The doll from the flower pot. .
- ↑ Theater "Die Käuze". The doll Mirabell. .
- ↑ Maria Ribbeck: Books: "The Mirabell Doll" by Astrid Lindgren and Pija Lindenbaum. .
- ↑ Galline Volanti: Mirabell e l'unicità di Astrid Lindgren .