Wanthai from Thailand
Wanthai from Thailand (original title: Noy bor i Thailand ) is the title of a book by the Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren , with photos by Anna Riwkin-Brick . In 1966 the book was published by Rabén & Sjögren . A year later, the Oetinger Verlag published the book in Germany. Wanthai is called Noy in the original and in many other translations.
content
Wanthai lives with her parents in Thailand in a small village near Bangkok. Wanthai would love to go to the big city. But her parents think that she is still too young for that. Wanthai is all the more delighted when her father actually wants to take her with him one day. Together the two go there on the raft. Since Wanthai's father has to do some errands, Wanthai is supposed to wait so long for him on the raft. But Wanthai finds the city too exciting to stop there and she leaves the square. When Wanthai gets hungry, she wants to return to her father's raft. But she does not find the way there. After a long search in the city, she comes to a temple. She prays that she will find her father again, but at the same time she is so exhausted that she falls asleep right there. When she wakes up and walks out of the temple, she sees her father standing there. He was very worried about her. He takes Wanthai home with him. On the way there, Wanthai explains that Bangkok is good in two ways, it is good to get there but just as good to go again.
background
Wanthai from Thailand is the eleventh of a total of 15 books from the Children of Our Earth series . The story is based on real events. However, some things have changed. In Sweden the book was first published by Rabén & Sjögren in 1966 . While the girl is called Wanthai in German, it is called Noy in the original and also in the English translation.
In addition, the book has been translated into many different languages, including English, German, and Hebrew. In Israel, the series Children of our Earth , which also includes Wanthai from Thailand , was a great success. The latter was also based on the translations of the poet Leah Goldberg . In 2015 there was a new edition of the book in Israel.
reception
Readingastrid thinks that Wanthai from Thailand is one of the best stories from the Children of Our Earth series . It is a simple but also interesting and sweet story. Wanthai as a character is fun. In addition, the story is still appealing to children nowadays!
Sipurpashut.com describes the book as a kind of classic for several generations. In this book the children would get to know the everyday life of a girl in Thailand by Wanthai presenting her family and her home and traveling to Bangkok with her father.
expenditure
- Noy bor i Thailand, Rabén & Sjögren , 1966, Swedish edition
- Noy lives in Thailand, Circus Child, The Macmillan Company, 1967, US edition
- Wanthai from Thailand, Oetinger Verlag, 1967, German edition
Individual evidence
- ^ Noy bor i Thailand .
- ↑ Bettina Kümmerling-Meibauer: The view of the foreign. Astrid Lindgrens and Anna Riwkin-Bricks photo picture books. .
- ↑ Dov Alfon: Opinion. The Boy Who Taught French Jewish Kids to Love Israel. .
- ↑ נואי הילדה מתאילנד .
- ^ Reading Astrid: Noy lives in Thailand. .
- ↑ Sipurpashut.com: נואי הילדה מתאילנד / אסטריד לינדגרן. .