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I'm Swedish, my wife is from Belgium and introduced me to Eric Carle when she bought several of his books for our children. Before that I had never read any of
by Agentlien 5y ago
I'm Swedish, my wife is from Belgium and introduced me to Eric Carle when she bought several of his books for our children. Before that I had never read any of his books and only recognised the title of The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
Looking a bit I can't find any of his books in Swedish and neither he nor the caterpillar seem to have a Swedish wiki page.
- dagw 5y agoHere's the book in Swedish: https://www.adlibris.com/se/bok/den-mycket-hungriga-larven-9789179033415 https://www.adlibris.com/se/bok/den-mycket-hungriga-larven-9... Anecdotally I'd say well over half the people I know here in Sweden with kids of the relevant age own a copy. I also definitely read it as a kid, had it read to me in kindergarten, and even remember it as an 'animated' TV show (basically panning shots over the illustrations as a narrator read the story).
- Agentlien 5y agoIt's fascinating how culture can be so segmented within such a small population. When we got the books for our kids I read them and loved them. I told my mother about them and she didn't recognize them at all. How old are you? I was born in 1987 so I grew up in the nineties.
- dagw 5y agoI grew up in the 80s, so that could be a factor.