This mysterious fairy tale, similar to a wonderful and terrible dream, was written by the Swedish writer Maria Gripe. The forests and rocks of southern Swede...

The fourth book of the tetralogy of the famous Swedish writer Maria Grippe (“The Shadow on the Stone Bench”, “... And the White Shadows of the Reach”, “Child...

The heroine of the story was left an orphan after the death of her parents and lives with relatives. After moving to a new house, she begins to feel someone'...

In this “detective” story, the children themselves investigate the “case” of a once missing ancient Egyptian statue. Each of the heroes in this investigation...

The name of Maria Griepe is no less known in Sweden than the name of Astrid Lindgren. Her books for children and teenagers are a fascinating mixture of a sha...

“... And white shadows in the forest” is the second part of the tetralogy, in which Bertha and Caroline leave home and go in search of work. They decide to t...

In the third book of the tetralogy, her heroines - Bertha and Caroline - continue to unravel the tangle of relationships connecting the inhabitants of the Ca...