For the children of Noisy Village fun and adventure is just around the corner-Lisa and her friends race their sledges on the slopes, hunt for treasure, and keep a watch for pirate ships from their robber's den.

`Nostalgia really is what it's cracked up to be in this utterly enchanting story of a group of children growing up in the golden days' Lancashire Evening Post `Perfect for children starting to read on their own' Parents in Touch `One of those books which has the feel-good factor' Caroline Franklin, Newbury Weekly News

A collection of gently humorous stories celebrating friendships and fun, by the much-loved author of Pippi Longstocking, Astrid Lindgren. Each chapter is a delightful story in its own right, making it ideal for newly confident readers or for reading aloud at bedtime. Perfect for fans of classic stories such as Enid Blyton's Faraway Tree series and Jill Murphy's Worst Witch stories.

Astrid Lindgren was born in 1907, and grew up at a farm called Näs in the south of Sweden. She began her writing career in 1944 after she won a children's book competition, with Pippi Longstocking published a year later. She published more than one hundred books in her lifetime and is still the most popular children's author in Sweden. Her books have been translated into more than sixty languages, and she received numerous honours and awards. Astrid Lindgren died in 2002. Mini Grey was given her name after being born in a Mini in a car park in Newport, Wales. She studied for an MA in Sequential Illustration at Brighton under the tutelage of John Vernon Lord. Mini also worked as a primary school teacher in Oxford, where she now lives. She is the winner of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal and the Nestlé Children's Book Prize Gold Award.

A collection of gently humorous stories celebrating friendships and fun, by the much-loved author of Pippi Longstocking, Astrid Lindgren. Each chapter is a delightful story in its own right, making it ideal for newly confident readers or for reading aloud at bedtime. Perfect for fans of classic stories such as Enid Blyton's Faraway Tree series and Jill Murphy's Worst Witch stories.