Kerstin Thorvall (1925–2010) is a Swedish author of books for children and young adults, as well as books for adults. In 1965, she wrote the article “Do all authors of children's books live in Tomtebolandet?” (“Bor alla barnboksf?rfattare i Tomtebolandet”, Expressen 1965) in which she claims that gender roles in Swedish children's literature, are depicted in an old and stereotypical fashion. She also wants children's literature to adjust better to the actual lives of it's readers, for example by describing the environments that are recognizable to children in their everyday life, such as kindergarten and apartment buildings in an urban setting. Thorvall's article inspired a debate about children's literature and gender roles that had a great influence in the design of children's books in the following decade. Thorvall herself also wrote picture books showing her version of the best ways to handle these issues in children's literature. This paper will address some of these picture books, namely Mamma, var ?r du? (1972, Mother, where are you?) and the books about Sara, Sara (1975) and Mer om Sara (1977, More about Sara) with illustrations by Monica Schultz, in order to discuss issues about children's literature and it's depiction of family values during the Swedish 1970s.
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机译：Kerstin Thorvall（1925–2010）是瑞典籍的儿童和青少年书籍以及成人书籍的作者。 1965年，她撰写了文章“所有儿童读物的作者都住在Tomtebolandet吗？” （《 Express of 1965》中的“ Bor alla barnboksf？rfattare i Tomtebolandet”）中，她声称瑞典儿童文学中的性别角色以古老和陈规定型的方式描写。她还希望儿童文学能够更好地适应其读者的实际生活，例如通过描述儿童日常生活中可以识别的环境，例如城市环境中的幼儿园和公寓楼。 Thorvall的文章激发了有关儿童文学和性别角色的辩论，这些辩论在接下来的十年中对儿童书籍的设计产生了重大影响。索瓦尔自己也写过图画书，展示了她处理儿童文学中这些问题的最佳方法的版本。本文将介绍其中一些图画书，即 Mamma，var？r du？ （1972年，妈妈，您在哪里？）和有关莎拉的书籍，萨拉（1975）和梅罗姆·萨拉（1977，More about Sara），并附有莫妮卡·舒尔茨（Monica Schultz）的插图，以讨论有关儿童的问题。文学及其对瑞典1970年代家庭价值观的描绘。
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