Happy Times in Noisy Village

by Astrid Lindgren

Paperback, 2003

Status

Available

Call number

839.7374

Publication

Ignatius Press (2003), 128 pages

Description

Ten-tear-old Lisa tells about her brothers and playmates and the happy times they spend making tunnels in the hay, playing the perfect April Fool's Day prank, and creating the Cherry Company in their Swedish village.

User reviews

LibraryThing member GingerbreadMan

The concluding part about Bullerbyn contains many of the episodes that were my favorites when I was little – when the climb mountains and meet the angry ram on the islet, the crayfishing, the funny chapter about babysitting Kerstin, the black snot after selling cherries by the road. I read this

book especially again and again. It’s interesting to ponder why I found it so exciting. Really, everything happening here is on such a small scale. I’m sure Lindgren’s dry sarcastic humor worked on me even then, but there is also a rare balance of adventure, freedom and true security here. Hard to pinpoint, but very palpable.

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LibraryThing member Cheryl_in_CC_NV

Oh, oh how darling. Yes they're good and sweet children, but not saccharine or implausible. They get into little mischiefs - and even have little sulks, like healthy, beloved, well-raised children naturally would. I'm such a fan-girl of Lindgren. My only 'complaint' here is that the children are

ages 9-11 but they are drawn more like 6-8 and in some ways have characteristics of children younger than they are, too.

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LibraryThing member fuzzi

Noisy Village is the name given to a group of three farm houses due to the ruckus created by the six children who live there. Lisa, who is nine years old, narrates the fun and adventures she and her brothers and friends have all throughout the year. Woven within the story are a number of Swedish

traditions such as dancing around the Mid-summer Eve pole. I first read this as a child but still loved the humor of situations and the personalities of the children upon reading it as an adult.

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LibraryThing member igorversteeg

It breathes happiness. Good stuff to read together with a child.

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