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 illustration s 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.