Little Parsley

Contemplate a hedgehog's bristles, a crab's bad mood, a pea who believes it was meant to be a butterfly, and other wonderful images in Inger Hagerup's poems.

The combination of handwritten, informal verse and Paul Ren Gauguin's avant garde illustrations has proven to be an irresistible and endlessly delightful combination for children and adults a like. Alive with sound, shape, and colour , Hagerup's children's poems are still known by heart by every Norwegian child and collections of her poetry can be found on every child's bookshelf.