Original title Mimmi får en farfar Country Sweden Series Mimmi Originally published 1990 Genre Children's literature Illustrator Eva Eriksson | Cover artist Eva Eriksson Language Swedish Followed by Mera Mimmi (1994) Publisher Rabén & Sjögren | |
Preceded by Mimi and the Biscuit Factory Children's literature The wild baby, story of the little old man, Molly goes shopping | ||
Mimi Gets a Grandpa (Swedish: Mimmi får en farfar) is a 1990 Viveca Sundvall children's book in the Mimmi series.
It has also been published in English.
Plot
It's autumn. Mimmi is a seven and a half years old girl. Roberta Karlsson is nine years old. They believe Enok, who runs a shoestore, is a criminal. They follow him across the path towards a forest glade where he goes fishing at a tarn. Enok discovers the girls, and they begin to talk, before Enok returns to the store.
Mimmi and Roberta sneak into the shoe store, and hide. Suddenly Enok activates the lights, discovering the girls. It appears Enok is no criminal. He becomes like a grandfather to the girls.
References
Mimi Gets a Grandpa Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA