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It’s time to sing!
When Måns asks Pelle to sing a song at the Big Swing Fair, Pelle is pleased. Maybe Måns has decided to be his friend?
But, as always, Måns has something else in mind.
What tricky things is he planning? Can Pelle stand up for himself?
Find out in this fun-filled tale featuring holiday adventures, trolls, spies and, of course, Pelle – Sweden’s favourite cat.
Parents and children alike will adore these charming, classic books, now translated into English for the very first time.
Gösta Knutsson
Gösta Knutsson (1908–1973) was a Swedish children’s author and radio producer. The first Pelle book was published in 1939, followed by many more books, comics, films, plays, music and television programs. Pelle No-Tail is beloved in Sweden and around the world, with translations appearing in Polish, Finnish, Danish, German, Dutch, Norwegian and Portuguese.
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Stephanie Smee
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Stephanie Smee is a translator into English of all things literary and French. Having worked as a lawyer in Sydney and London, Stephanie happily traded in a legal career for a return to her linguistic calling. After several years as a legal translator, she left the world of financing documents behind and made her literary translation début with a new English translation of the Countess de Ségur’s Fleurville Trilogy published in 2010 by Simon & Schuster (Australia). The Trilogy includes the perenially popular Sophie’s Misfortunes, first published in France in 1858 and in print ever since. Her new translation of another of the Countess’ favourites, Monsieur Cadichon: Memoirs of a Donkey was published at the end of 2011.
Ann-Margrete Smee
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Ann-Margrete Smee is now retired, having worked as a government translator, court interpreter and, for many years, a language teacher.
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