by María Gripe · Ediciones SM · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788434817807
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«Josefina» is the children's novel by María Gripe, published by Ediciones SM in its El Barco de Vapor collection, in paperback (128 pages, in Spanish).
Josefina grows up in a village where almost everyone is surnamed Johansson or Andersson. Her arrival at school is complicated and she rejects being called by her real name, Ana. Friendship with Hugo, a boy who lives in the forest and reasons in a peculiar way, leads her to find an original solution to the village's surname problem.
First installment of the Hugo och Josefin series, originally published in Swedish as Josefin in 1961. The author won the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1974.
For child and young readers who enjoy stories of friendship and characters seeking their place.
Maria Gripe, born Maja Stina Walter, was a Swedish author of books for children and young adults, which were often written in magical and mystical tone. She has written almost forty books, with many of her characters presented in short series of three or four books. For her lasting contribution to children's literature, she received the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for Writing in 1974.
