Polly helps the grandmother (book)

Polly helps the grandmother , also Polly Patent or Susi Unverzagt ( Swedish Kajsa Kavat hjälper mormor ) is a story by Astrid Lindgren .

action

One day, a three-month-old baby is put in front of a woman's door with a request to look after the child because he has no one else. The woman takes care of the baby and calls it Polly Patent because it already looks patent as a baby. From now on Polly only calls the woman grandmother. The grandmother lives with Polly in a beautiful house with a small garden. Grandmother makes sweets that she sells in the market. When Polly was six, her grandmother injured her leg. Now it is suddenly up to Polly to sell the sweets and to arrange everything in the household. Polly manages to sell all the sweets at the market, and she's also good at the house. As a reward, her grandmother gives her the doll for Christmas that Polly has always wanted.

background

The story was first published in 1950 in a short story collection called Kajsa Kavat . It was later published as a stand-alone picture book, illustrated by Ilon Wikland . The book has been translated into many languages ​​including English, Italian and German. While the girl's Swedish name is Kajsa Kavat, she has a different name in other countries: Brenda Brave (English), Greta Grintosa (Italian) and Polly Patent (German).

In Germany, the book was also rewritten as a play that was shown in the Gütersloh theater . One of the attractions of Astrid Lindgren's World is also about Polly Patent and her grandmother.

filming

→ Main article : Polly helps the grandmother (film)

In 1989 a short film of the same name was made that tells Polly's story. Daniel Bergman directed.

reception

Reviews

The Fachhochschulteam.de thinks that the book is educationally very valuable. It deals with topics such as becoming independent, helping and supporting other people, as well as the "coexistence of generations". Astrid Lindgren writes in "very graphic and child-friendly language". Ilon Wikland succeeds in reproducing the essential statements of the text with the "colorful and child-friendly images" in such a way that children can easily follow them. The picture book is suitable for children from four years of age.

nomination

German Youth Literature Prize

• 1960 picture book

expenditure

• Polly helps the grandmother, Oetinger, 1979, ISBN 978-3-7891-5532-1 . (Illustrated by Ilon Wikland )
• Polly helps the grandmother, dtv, 1998, ISBN 978-3-423-07597-8 . (Illustrated by Ilon Wikland)
• Polly helps the grandmother, Oetinger Friedrich GmbH, 2005, ISBN 978-3-7891-1147-1 . (Illustrated by Katrin Engelking )
• Polly helps the grandmother, SJW Switzerland. Jugendschriftenwerk, 2010 - illustrated by Vera Eggermann
• Polly helps the grandmother - mini book, Oetinger 2013, ISBN 978-3-7891-1256-0 . (Illustrated by Katrin Engelking)

Web links

• Polly helps the grandmother with the picture , completely without reading any illustrations.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Brenda Brave Helps Grandmother .
2. ↑ Why Brenda Brave? .
3. ^ Favorite holiday children's books through the decades .
4. ↑ Polly helps the grandmother .
5. ↑ Greta Grintosa .
6. ↑ Polly helps the grandmother .
7. ↑ Kajsa Kavat .
8. ^ Brenda Brave (1989) .
9. ↑ Title: Polly Helps Grandmother .
10. ↑ Polly helps the grandmother .