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Gittan/ Bridget/ Nusia #1

لبنى و الذئاب الرمادية

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A timid girl tames a wolf pack.

Bridget is a very careful child. She never climbs on roofs or pets dogs or jumps over ditches. In fact, she's afraid of most things. But when Bridget gets lost and meets up with a pack of gray wolves in the deep, dark woods, she takes charge. She makes them play, even though they prefer to "lurk behind trees and snarl." They aren't much good at games. And when their stomachs begin to growl, she feeds them mud soup and puts them to bed.

Quirky, bold art perfectly complements this tale.

Pija Lindenbaum's most recent book, Boodil My Dog, was a New York Times Best Illustrated Children's Book and a Time Magazine Best Book of the Year. The New York Times, said: "Boodil hits one gorgeous, slightly ironic note and holds it, like a tuning fork." Ms. Lindenbaum lives in Sweden.

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2000

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Pija Lindenbaum

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Pija Lindenbaum är född och uppvuxen i Sundsvall och gick ut Konstfack 1979. Efter det har hon arbetat som tecknare, formgivare och författare och skapat en lång rad bilderbokssuccéer.

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Profile Image for Amy.
1,132 reviews
March 6, 2014
Ah, I see now that this book was translated into English, so that might explain why this story felt a little choppy in places. Ok, I'll give the book a break on that, but this still wasn't a story that the kids and I enjoyed that much.

We all thought the story was just too unbelievable. I mean, kids have big imaginations, and they are pretty willing to run with any story. My niece and nephew weren't running with this one, though. We didn't understand the games that the wolves and Bridget played, we were disturbed that Bridget was lost over night without anyone seeming to have missed her, and both kids thought Bridget was a little bossy. Although, that could have just been the way I was voicing her.

My nephew also specifically mentioned that he didn't care for the illustrations in this book. He said, "all the people were drawn weird." They looked fine to me, but art, like literature, is subjective.
33 reviews11 followers
September 10, 2020
I read this for my children’s literature class, but my mom also read this to me when I was very young. I think this is one of those books that have sort of stayed with me. It really holds up! Such a sweet story, I remember going looking for wolves in the forest behind our house when I was little 😌 I feel like this book is really imaginative and really fun, yet it feels very real.
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424 reviews
July 6, 2022
Great story about a bossy picky little girl who overcomes fears. Katherine liked the wolves "pee trees." Lindenbaum is a quirky illustrator and author--this was almost as good as her other one: Mini Mia and Her Darling Uncle.
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12k reviews470 followers
August 27, 2017
I wanted to like this more than I did a few years ago, so I tried again. Still, all I can say is ok. One thing I really don't get is how she goes from being tediously afraid of everything to leader of a pack of huge wolves in about three sentences of dialogue.
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6 reviews2 followers
May 10, 2008
Hannah's favorite book, and yes, I read the translated version. I've read it so many times that I could recite the darn thing to you. Good story.
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68 reviews3 followers
April 12, 2018
En kestä noita harmaita susia, ne on ihan mahdottoman mahtavia!

Päiväkodin retkellä Henna eksyy muista ja päätyy metsään, jossa lymyää hirmuisia, kihiseviä susia. Yllättäen sudet eivät olekaan pahoja, vaan ne ovat vain ihan hirvittävän laiskoja... ja vaikeiden asioiden edessä heittävät selälleen, käpälät sojottaen kohti taivasta. Niistä ei ole myöskään kovin hyviksi suunnannäyttäjäksi ja eksyneen auttajiksi ennen kuin niiden kanssa on vähän leikkinyt ja laulanut niille tuutulauluja.

Lämmin suositus kaikille sadunnälkäisille! Sopii etenkin kaikille alle 8-vuotiaille, mutta myös kaikille kihisevien susien ja metsien ystäville. Suomennettu nimellä "Henna ja harmaat sudet".
Profile Image for Vivian.
35 reviews
October 5, 2007
I could see where they were going with this story: shy cautious unadventurous girl; shy cautious unadventurous girl inadvertently has adventure with gray wolves that talk and play with her; shy cautious unadventurous girl breaks out of her shell because of her experience. But maybe I was too bogged down by the language and lost sight of the plot. Maybe I was a little too preoccupied by the fact that this little girl was in daycare and that the daycare employees managed to walk off without her (they were on a nature walk) in the first place, causing her to have this (overnight!) adventure with seemingly playful tame wolves. I mean I would think the girl would be more traumatized that she could be so forgotten like that � and that no one bothered to come find her at all!

The other take is that it was all make believe, i.e. getting lost, spending the night out in the woods. But I know what it is to go to a daycare where no one really cares about the kids because they're just doing their job � that's what I didn't like about this story.
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477 reviews82 followers
June 28, 2018
I like the character of Bridget even from the beginning. This fact that she is very prudent does not mean that she is timid or weird; she is just trying to be careful. So even if she hadn't have changed, it wouldn't have mattered to me.
Plus I also liked this idea that the wolves are not portrayed as 'ordinary' wolves! They are really obedient and friendly. This decentration is great in my opinion.
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1,520 reviews
January 15, 2011
Very cute story of a little girl who is afraid of everything, stops staying with her group and gets lost in the woods. Don't personally know any parents that are so strict "pee tree" would be an issue.
579 reviews5 followers
March 24, 2013
I did not care for this story at all...starts about being factual (about a girl who is afraid to try anything new, and then turns into a somewhat dark fantasy, and ends in a ridiculous fashion
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861 reviews11 followers
August 28, 2020
När jag började läsa denna bok tänkte jag, nämen vad vuxen Gittan tänker, för i början får man se hur Gittan inte vill hoppa över stup eller leka med maskar, för det är fel eller det kan vara farligt.
Men när Gittan går och plockar löv, och dagis försvinner, och det börjar bli mörkt, då är Gittan inte den minsta rädd. När stora grå vargar kommer skulle vem som helst ha fått panik, inte Gittan, på något sätt lyckas hon bli vän med vargarna och snart leker dem och gör allt möjligt tillsammans.

Super mysig och fin bok om Gittan och hennes möte med gråvargarna.
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1,544 reviews
July 23, 2017
Nusia nie robi w przedszkolu tego, co inne dzieci. Wszystkiego się boi: obce psy są groźne, na dach domku lepiej nie wchodzić, przeskakiwanie nad strumykiem może skończyć się upadkiem. Ale gdy pewnego dnia gubi się w lesie podczas przedszkolnej wycieczki, spędza noc z wilkami. I zaprzyjaźnia się z nimi, bawiąc się w różne gry.
Przesłanie tej książki jest nie do końca jasne, ale historia opisana została bardzo przyjemnym językiem, idealnym do wielokrotnego czytania.
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514 reviews4 followers
December 11, 2017
Een heerlijk kinder boek over een timide meisje dat wordt achtergelaten in het bos en hier een groep wolven ontmoet.
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333 reviews3 followers
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February 16, 2020
Совсем не те волки, что у Арнхильд. Уф!
309 reviews3 followers
November 27, 2020
Jag gillade den massor, hade så gärna läst den om flera gånger. Mitt barn däremot tyckte att det räckte med en gång. Så kan det gå. Väl värd att läsa och mysa med en gång i varje fall.
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181 reviews
December 30, 2021
"Snart låter det som det regnar i skogen." - Vill du veta varför: läs boken!
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449 reviews29 followers
April 21, 2023
A fun little book!
Bridget and the greywolves by Pija Lindenbaum get a 6.7/10 stars.
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6,784 reviews32 followers
September 7, 2023
A humorous tale of a very careful girl named Bridget, who gets separated from her daycare class and eventually lost in the forest. She stumbles across a pack of gray wolves. What happens next is interesting.
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483 reviews1 follower
October 30, 2020
(Barn och ungdomslitteratur moment 1: Bok 4)
Jag har lite samma känslor som till Tomtebobarnen och Alice i Underlandet - den är kul att analysera den och se hur författaren tänkt med könsroller etc., men annars berör den mig inte så mycket. För min del är den nog lite för “ung� för att jag ska kunna känna så djupa känslor som jag letar efter i böcker. Sen känns den lite “I’m not like other girls� vid vissa tillfällen, Jag förstår vad författaren egentligen ville säga, men jag tyckte det blev lite mycket. Det är dock definitivt en intressant bilderbok, en som jag tror jag skulle rekommendera till de som läser och tycker om bilderböcker!
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789 reviews38 followers
February 3, 2016
У меня есть книга, которую я люблю всем сердцем просто за то, что она есть. Другие книги меня увлекают, заставляют переживать, размышлять, а «Гиттан и серые волки» греет душу, и все тут.
Казалось бы � всего лишь детская книга с милыми иллюстрациями. Про необычную девчушку Гиттан, которая откололась от своей детсадовской группы и забрела в лес, где познакомилась с совершенно уморительными волками, да не растерялась, накормила их и спать уложила. Таких историй можно найти много, правда.
И все же есть в ней что-то особенное. Наверное, не последнюю роль сыграл тот факт, что Линденбаум выступает не только как автор, но и как иллюстратор, и свою книгу одарила по-настоящему душевным рисунком.
Волки прекрасны :33



Profile Image for The_Mad_Swede.
1,406 reviews
June 25, 2015
Den första av Pija Lindenbaums böcker om Gittan är en liten genuin pärla i barnboksvärlden. I många avseenden påminner den mig, både i viss mån visuellt och i allra högsta grad tematiskt/emotionellt om Maurice Sendaks likaledes briljanta alster.

Styrkan i Lindenbaums berättelse ligger i karaktäriseringen av hennes skygga huvudperson Gittan och skildringen av de närmast surrealistiska vändningar berättelsen ta sig friheter att göra. Precis som Sendaks klassiska bok Where the Wild Things Are (Till vildingarnas land) skildrar Lindenbaum en sorts resa från en skild verklighet till en annan, där vi förväntar oss monster, men istället finner något annat (mer så i Lindenbaums fall än i Sendaks, men ändå).

Varmt rekommenderad och en definitiv modern bilderboksklassiker.
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2,980 reviews41 followers
July 19, 2019
Karu todellisuus päiväkoti-maailmasta: hiljaiset ja omissa oloissaan viihtyvät lapset jäävät helposti huomaamatta ja unholaan päiväkodin työntekijöiltä. Toivon sydämeni pohjasta, että kovin moni lapsi ei kuitenkaan jää retken jäljestä yöksi metsään harmaiden susien kanssa.

Loppuratkaisu jäi kalvamaan omaa mieltäni; miksi päätös jätetään lukijan oman mielikuvituksen varaan? Eikö kukaan tosiaan tullut etsimään Hennaa?
Profile Image for Barbara.
47 reviews
November 10, 2008
Has a great aura to it, and seems to have evoked an empowering, realistic message in my preschool daughter about overcoming fears, being brave, and making the most of a situation. She also enjoyed the idea of bossing around wolves and being their leader!
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