Around the year – Elsa Beskow

Around the year classic Waldorf children’s rhymes and verses book – Elsa Beskow

Around the year by Elsa Beskow is a classic children’s book of rhymes and verses to celebrate each month of the year.

This wonderful book filled with delightful verses and delicate, playful illustrations takes young children through the special and unique joys of each different month of the year.

The perfect book for encouraging Waldorf imaginative and nature-based play and learning about the changing seasons, this Scandinavian book of children’s poems will inspire children’s imaginations. There are also illustrated verses for the hours of the day and the days of the week to help with learning about the passing of time.

Around the year by Elsa Beskow is a beautifully illustrated hardback children’s book published in English in 1988 by Floris Books. It has 32 pages and measures 22.7 x 31.4cm.

Elsa Beskow is one of Sweden’s best-loved authors and illustrator. Often called the ‘Beatrix Potter’ of Scandinavia, her picture books of flowers, animals and little folk have been known and loved in Sweden and around the world for over a century. Her illustrations take the reader back to an idyllic Sweden at the turn of the 20th century and her books are true classics which transcend nationality and time.

Contents:

1 hardback book in English, 32 pages.