Stones on the kitchen shelf

A gift book for an enduring memory of Astrid Lindgren

This beautifully produced collection contains quotes from speeches, interviews, diary entries, and books by Astrid Lindgren. In eleven thematically arranged sections, the world of the great storyteller comes alive – her love for children, her plea for peace, tolerance, and non-violent upbringing, her humor and her thoughtfulness: "Perhaps it would be good if we all put a small stone on the kitchen shelf as a reminder for us and for the children: Never violence!" (from her Peace Prize of the German Book Trade acceptance speech).

1. Here we sit, you and I, and it's lovely
2. We played and played and played
3. And I will remember this snow when I have forgotten every other snow
4. People are happier when they receive dolls and fairy tale books
5. Cross out half of it
6. That doesn't bother a great mind
7. Joy and sorrow go hand in hand
8. Women are tough and strong like donkeys and bake good bread with lots of raisins in it
9. For without freedom, the flower of poetry wilts
10. One must live in order to make friends with death
11. If I were God