Noora has this little tradition to send a postcard from the cottage to her grandparents before the summer ends. This year she chose a card illustrated by an artist named Ilon Wikland.
Ilon is mostly known by the beautiful pictures of Astrid Lindgren books (such as Pippi Longstocking, Karlsson-on-the-Roof, The Six Bullerby Children etc.)
Ilon Wikland (born Maire-Ilon Pääbo) was born in Estonia, but her family escaped to Sweden (from the occupation of the Soviet Union) in 1944. She was 14 years old at the time. 6 years later she met Astrid and a wonderful partnership of creating these nice warmhearted books began.
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