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diminished, we are starved’
(The Times, Magnus Linklater 29/06/05)

Title: Karlson Flies Again
Author: Astrid Lindgren
Translator: Sarah Death
Illustrator: Tony Ross
Publisher: OUP
Date Published: 2009
Format: Paperback
Genre:
Book Category: Fiction
Age Range: 6-8
Original Title: Karlsson På Taket Flyger Igen, Rabén & Sjögren, Sweden, 1968
Country of Origin: Sweden
Karlson Flies Again
by Astrid Lindgren
Age Range: 6-8
Description 1.
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Meet Karlson –‘a most perfectly plump and handsome fellow’ who lives on the roof and flies! Along with his best friend Smidge (who lives in the flat below), the irrepressible Karlson incites all sorts of mayhem and madness and eats a great many buns. Read on to find out how Karlson gets rid of the horrible house keeper and how Karlson and Smidge almost appear on TV! Most of all, enjoy the story of an unlikely but enduring friendship as Smidge and Karlson take on the world together.
In the second of the Karlson trilogy, Astrid Lindgren brings back one of her most colourful characters for more out-of the ordinary adventures. Using her usual wit and humour, Lindgren manages to take boring, unpromising situations- such as Smidge being stuck at home with an unkind housekeeper, and create stories that children simply won’t want to put down. Fast paced and clearly written, Karlson and Smidge’s adventures are the pranks you’ve never been brave enough to try, the games you’re not allowed to play and situations that you can only dream of.
Lindgren is best known for the outlandish but wonderful Pippi Longstocking, and Karlson as a character does not disappoint. Quick witted, imaginative cheerful, permanently hungry and with a propeller on his back, Karlson is like the imaginary friend that every child longs to have, and perhaps Lindgren herself wanted a friend like him, as she once stated that she wrote to amuse the child within her. In Karlson, Lindgren has written her version of the louder, braver and cooler person that we all wanted to be at some point. In contrast, Karlson’s friend is the unassuming and sensible Smidge. In this chalk and cheese pairing, Lindgren perfectly captured the relationships that children have with each other in a thoughtful, sympathetic (but slightly knowing way).
Apart from her ability to write characters that we all know and love and think up wonderful every day adventures that we all wish we could have, Lindgren’s stories about Karlson and Smidge are thought provoking as well as amusing. Smidge is, in fact the quiet hero of the stories; proving to be a calming influence and often smoothing over Karlson’s messes. It is therefore a mark of how well Lindgren understands her young audience that she is able to show this without preaching, teaching or moralising. Whilst she makes Karlson the friend we all want to have, Lindgren is not afraid to gently suggest that in reality, everyone actually needs a friend like the loyal, peace making Smidge. This comes through in the way Karlson and Smidge act together but does not hang heavily over the book, in a way that children can spot a mile off and may find patronising.
Overall, Karlson is an exciting central character and books about him always make for a laugh out loud, feel good read with a real heart. No matter what Karlson does, he would not be able to do it without a little help from Smidge, and their unique friendship gives rises to all of their wonderful escapades.
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