This is a picture book by Elsa Beskow, a national picture book author in Sweden. It's a charming story about a boy named Pelle who raises a lamb, shears its wool, has his grandmother comb the wool, and then has a tailor make him clothes. He also helps out to make it all happen! It's not just cute; it also teaches the value of earning things through work. ❖ Number of pages: 15 Size: 24 x 32 cm ❖ Fukuinkan Shoten, 12th printing, 1981 (First edition 1976) Original price at purchase: 800 yen (Current price: 1320 yen) (For reading aloud: 4 years old and up, For reading independently: Elementary school beginners and up)