This is the first of the classic Peter and Lotta books, and it is filled with the characteristic humor and charm that distinguish all of Elsa Beskow’s books. It tells how Peter and Lotta come to meet the three colorful sisters known as Aunt Green, Aunt Brown, and Aunt Lavender.
In the book, the aunts live with an orphaned girl in a large house in a small Swedish town. The aunts each have a defining character—Aunt Green works in the garden a lot, Aunt Brown mostly works in the kitchen or sits in the salon working on her embroidering, while Aunt Violet is the “naughty” aunt who always hatches silly schemes.
Ages 5+
