I love Astrid Lindgren and Kitty Crowther so much that I ended up buying this little picturebook in French and, painfully, translating it. It was only after reading about other work by Kitty that I found someone has already done it...
Stupidity aside, this is such a lovely little story about a little troll (the Scandinavian like their trolls who, I suppose are similar to Brownies ) whose job it is, in the winter, to ensure that the people and livestock of a remote household are safe and well and feel comforted.
Kitty was granted the privilege of illustrating the story after it was unearthed in a cupboard belonging to the Lindgren estate (it was penned in the 60s). Kitty's capturing of the little Tomte, the snow, the green thrum of the Northern Lights and the sense of peace and calm within the land is simply beautiful. Go buy it! In English...