Goodbye to summer

Poster with a beautiful illustration from Elsa Beskow's children's book " Do you want to read? 2 - Second school year" which was first published in 1936. 

The picture shows e.gour children walk barefoot across a grassy area along a cornfield, stretching their arms forward, as if playing or moving to the beat. The boy has a small scroll or bag hanging at his side and in the background birds are seen in the sky and some flowers in the foreground.

Elsa Beskow (1874–1953) was a Swedish writer and illustrator who became one of the country's most influential picture book creators. Beskow was known for his warm depictions of children, home and nature. She often illustrated her own texts and her visual world has a strong connection to everyday environments and romantic nature.

Do you want to read? is a reading book/reading learning series for the first school years, created by Elsa Beskow together with the pedagogue Herman Siegvald. The second part, Do you want to read? 2 - The second school year, was published in the first edition in 1936 by the Swedish book publisher Norstedt in Stockholm.

Artist: Elsa Beskow | Created: 1936.

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