The flower alphabet
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The story behind the motif
A nostalgic poster featuring the classic poem and lullaby Sleep you little willow young illustrated by Elsa Beskow from the early 20th century.
The poem was written by the famous Finnish-Swedish writer Zacharias Topelius and was published for the first time in the children's magazine The dragonfly in 1869. In the picture we see an excerpt from the poem:
Sleep you little willow young,
still it's winter.
Birch and heather still sleep
rose and hyacinth.
It's still a long way to spring,
before rowan is in bloom.
Sleep you little willow,
still it's winter.
Elsa Beskow's works as an author and illustrator have become classics in Swedish children's literature.
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