In the forest, the owl is the schoolteacher for all the children. It is fun to teach things. But also tiring. So the owl needs a holiday. The magpie promises to look after the school while he's away. The magpie is very good at building a nest. And at getting everyone to work together. But she is not very good at counting. So she doesn't notice when one of the young mice goes missing. How will it all end?
Author
Ulf Gottfrid Stark was a Swedish author and screenwriter (he adapted several of his own books for film and wrote the screenplay for the 1999 film Tsatsiki, morsan och polisen). Stark collaborated with the illustrators Anna Höglund and Mati Lepp. From 1989 to 1998 he was an elected member of the Swedish Academy for Children's Books Svenska barnboksakademin. In 1998 he received the Nordic Children's Book Prize. Stark was born and grew up in Stureby, Stockholm Municipality, which place features in several of his books. Stark's interest in writing started early; during his time at secondary school he was introduced to writing by his classmate Peter Curman, and in 1964 he wrote his first poetry Ett hål till livet. Following this, Stark's interest in writing for a career was greatly encouraged.
