
Now You Are a Hen/Nu är du en höna
Now You Are a Hen/Nu är du en höna
Barbro Lindgren and Charlotte Ramel’s excellent picture book is about children’s play and dramatic role-playing. The game turns serious between the wolf and the hen – who are as unequal as you can get. This picture book is about our roles and the way we see ourselves, and it grows into a story with very drastic humor. A modern picture book in the spirit of Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf.
In 2014 Barbro Lindgren received the ALMA, a literary prize in memory of Astrid Lindgren.
Illustrated by Charlotte Ramel

Barbro Lindgren
Author
Barbro Lindgren is one of Sweden’s most important, deeply-loved and prolific writers. Her output of over a hundred titles for differing age groups includes picture books, poetry, plays, absurdist stories, and more realistic fiction for young adults. Her work has been translated into more than thirty languages and to date she is the only Swedish…
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