Anyone know this book?

[flicrat]

It was given to me in the 1940s and was called 'Peter in Sweden'. It was a children's novel and was about a boy called Peter whose father was at sea and who was sent to stay with his relatives in Sweden - Tante Bertha and Kissemisse the cat ( who was 'lost and found' in onechapter) and two children: a boy older than him and a younger girl. it tells of the culture shock and the way Peter deals with being a"foreigner". I should love to reread it, but do not remember the author's name, so have no hope of looking it up,although I scour shelves in second hand bookshops in the hope of falling into it somehow.Have the feeling the author was female. Any help appreciated.

[albaqwerty]

sorry can't be of more help, all I could find was Ann and Peter in Sweden by Mannin Ethel (1959). good luck in your search

[Mr Veritas]

Could you mean a book called "Ann & Peter in Sweden" by
Ethel Mannin?
The only problem with this is,it was published in 1959,and not the 1940's.
However,here is Wikipedia's page about Ethel Mannin,in case it is her book.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Mannin

[Mr Veritas]

Snap albaqwerty!
Great minds eh?

[flicrat]

Thank you albaqwerty. I don't hold out much hope, as it was so long ago and I have never found anyone who has a clue what I am talking about.

[albaqwerty]

your mind is far superior to mine Mr. V sir! :D

[flicrat]

No I definitely had it in my youth in the 1940s. I was collecting my degree in 1959! Anyway it was fiction - a story - not a travel book which I believe Mannin's book is. I am very grateful for such quick responses though.

[flicrat]

And I guess all your minds are superior to my memory!!

[swedeheart]

I'm amazed you remember the name of the cat and the aunt, flicrat! (Kissemisse = Pussycat BTW.)

I don't know the book but IF the author is Swedish(?) you might be able to find it again with the help of The Swedish Institute for Children's Books. As you can see they're closed for the summer but do get in touch with them when they open again. It won't be for sale there of course but who knows, they may agree to copy it for you if you're willing to pay? I'll help if I can, just post a FAO swedeheart in this category and I'll probably see it.

[albaqwerty]

Anne Constance Smedley (1941)
Publisher, New York, Warne

[swedeheart]

Hey why didn't that come up when I googled???!? Hell, I'm IN Sweden, does that count for nothing;-)

Well done, albaqwerty!

[albaqwerty]

thank you swede :) Ask.com put me in the right direction. google failed miserably. x

[flicrat]

Thank you all so much. That is brill!! I shall print out all your help so I know whom to contact on this site next time I am stuck. Now I can try to locate it .albuqwerty you are a star!.

[flicrat]

Just for interest, I think it may have been under just Constance Smedley, as I once tried to look it up under Constance Cummings, as the name Constance rang a bell.
swedehart, two of my grandchildren have a Swedish grandma (farmor) so shall look up the reference. We all love theTomtem books!!

[albaqwerty]

happy to help fli, try worldcat.org which is what came up.
Love books and reading 'em (obviously, what else can you do with them.... on second thoughts don't answer that)
Hope you get to reminisce on a good read x

[swedeheart]

Hm, Tomtem? "Tomten", perhaps? (As in Santa.)

[alexanderd]

flicraft found it on Amazon but it is no longer available sorry

[Mr Veritas]

and everybody lived happily ever after.........................

[flicrat]

Yep, sorry swedeheart - Tonten in his little red outfit,written by Astrid Lindgren. 'The Tomten' and ditto 'and the fox.'

[swedeheart]

Ah, Astrid Lindgren! She was our J.K. Rowling...

[flicrat]

Thank you alexanderd and don't worry- i shall be scouring secondhand shops. And, I shall mobilise my sister in Norfolk and my ex in Herefordshire, as they often go to places with a wonderful selection. I am full of enthuiasm for the chase!!
Oh and the only other use for books was, i thought, for boys to stuff down their trousers when being caned - though my great grandfather used the family Bible for his gtrandchildren to stand on when they looked through his telescope ( pre WW1) !