Soda Pop — Barbro Lindgren

This classic Swedish children's novel is an absurd tale full of playful nonsense in a world where anything can happen.

Soda Pop loves bright orange clothes and wears a tea cozy on his head. He has brought up his son Mazarin on sweet buns and love. Grandfather Dartanyong emerges from his woodshed every morning with a new identity, and Great-grandfather has moved into a tree, eats birdseed, and thinks he is a cuckoo.

Theirs is a carefree life, untroubled by social norms. In this tolerant world anything can happen―is the garage suddenly full of tigers? We are not surprised.