News from Sweden

Lillemor Torstensson from the Swedish Institute for Children’s Books (Sbi) announces that two posthumously-published books by Göte Klingberg (1918-2006), the ‘father of Swedish children’s literature research’ are available in pdf format from the Sbi website. The books are part of the series “Studies published by the Swedish Institute for Children’s Books”.

The publications are: Facets of children’s literature research: collected and revised writings, and Pictures in 19th century international children’s books: An introductory study. To read about Göte Klingberg, see his IRSCL Fellow profile.

For further information about the books, please contact Lillemor Torstensson, at: lillemor.torstensson@sbi.kb.se.