sweden

Five-year-old Emil finds his mischief becoming worse and his punishments more bearable after he has Piggy-Beast to share them with.

Faced with the prospect of a dull summer, a young Swedish girl is excited when a new family with a girl her age moves next door.

"In this latest atmospheric thriller, Kurt Wallander and his daughter Linda join forces to search for a religious fanatic on a murder spree. Just graduated from the police academy, Linda Wallander returns to Skane to join the police force, and she already shows all the hallmarks of her father--the maverick approach, the flaring temper. Before she even starts work she becomes embroiled in the case of her childhood friend Anna, who has inexplicably disappeared. As the case her father is working on dovetails with her own, something far more dangerous than either could have imagined begins to emerge. They soon find themselves forced to confront a group of extremists bent on punishing the world's sinners."--back cover.

As World War II destroys Europe, Swedish schoolboy Simon Larsson befriends a Jewish classmate and the two boys' families are drawn together through the course of the war.

Cat is excited about Darkmont's student exchange program with Sweden. She knows to be careful what she wishes for living near Grim Hill where wishes tend to boomerang, but Cat figures it must be safe to wish to leave.

Mischievous Emil tests out a pair of stilts, rides a horse, and goes on a sleigh ride, all with predictably disastrous results.

The adventures of prankster Emil, whose exploits include stranding his little sister at the top of a flagpole, disappearing from a locked woodshed, and getting his head stuck in a soup tureen--twice.

Explores the history, culture, and people of Sweden; and describes its government and politics, educational system, energy and resources, environment, and economy.

In this book of the Pippi series, Pippi and her friends Tommy and Annike go on board ship for a long voyage.

Three little Swedish boys want some butter for their bread, but the cow will give no milk because she has no fresh green grass, and there is no grass because the sun has not been shining.