The author takes us back to a Norway where having a phone installed was an adventure and where it was possible to load Grandma and eight children on to the back of a truck and drive up to the mountains. Since there are so many of them and they live so closely together, Maren,Martin, Marte, Mads, Mona, Milly, Mina and Morten are a little more inventive than most children – like the time when little Morten invites four pigs for coffee in the neighbouring farmhouse parlour!

The first of nine books about Lillebror and Knerten appeared in 1962. Knerten is possibly Anne-Cath. Vestly’s best-known character and many children have found a good friend in him. He is actually a tree root that looks like a little boy, but for Lillebror he is a boy. Knerten is Lillebror’s best friend, someone to confide in and share things with. Knerten is faithful and kind, but is very clear about what he wants. This leads to many an argument.

Anne-Cath. Vestly had made her debut in 1953 with Ole Aleksander Filibom-bom-bom, which was followed by books
about Aurora, about Guro, about Kaos, about Ellen Andrea and about Monrad. In these books she set the focus on current issues such as immigration, gender roles and solidarity and, in her positive story-telling way, also encouraged good attitudes in children. Norway’s stamps for this year’s Europa issue under the joint theme of Children’s books were illustrated by Anne-Cath. Vestly’s husband, Johan Vestly.

Title: Children’s books – Norway
Date of Issue: 15 November 2010
Country: Norway
Denominations:
A-Priority domestic: Grandma and the Eight Children
A-Priority Europe: Grandma and the Eight Children

Source: www.posten.no

Miniature Sheet featuring Winnie-the-Pooh and Christopher Robin, preproduces lines from the famous poem, “Us Two”

1st class – Wherever I am, there’s always Pooh
60p – There’s always Pooh and Me. Whatever I do, he wants to do,
88p – “Where are you going t-day?” says Pooh: “Well, that’s very odd ‘cos I was too.
81p – Let’s go together”, says Pooh, says he. “Let’s go together,” says Pooh.

Title: Children’s Literature – Europa 2010
Date of Issue: 12 October 2010
Country: Great Britain
Denominations: 1st, 48p, 50p, 56p, 72p ,82p

Source: http://www.royalmail.com/stamps

Each of these monthly books focuses on a distinctive Liechtenstein tradition: “The Shrovetide Procession”, “The Spark Sunday Witch”, “The Easter Treasure”, “The Birthday Castle”, “The Phantom of the Corpus Christi Procession”, “The Mountain Walk”, “The Prince’s Birthday”, “The Return from the Mountains”. In 2011 the series will be continued with the October book. In 2007 the “Lisa and Max Fairy-tale Trail” was opened in Malbun in the Liechtenstein Alps.

The subject depicted on the stamp and designed by Mariagrazia Orlandini is that illustrated on the title page of the August story “The Prince’s Birthday” which appeared in 2001. The “Prince’s Birthday” is synonymous with Liechtenstein’s national holiday, celebrated every year on 15th August. This festive occasion, which was first held in 1940 and arose from combining the Feast of the Assumption (15th August) with the birthday of the then Prince Franz Josef II (16th August), has since 1990 always taken the same form.

Title: Europa 2010 Children’s Book
Date of Issue: 6 September 2010
Country: Liechtenstein
Denominations: CHF 1.40

Source: www.philatelie.li

Fr. Martino Signoretto, a professor of Biblical studies at the Studio Teologico San Zeno and Verona’s Istituto Superiore di Scienze Religiose San Pietro Martire, contributed his expertise to the project.

Title: EUROPA 2010 – Books for Children
Date of Issue: 22 June 2010
Country: Vatican
Denominations: € 0.60, 0.65

Source: www.vaticanstate.va

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Since 1996, she has developed a solid reputation as an illustrator of children’s books, schoolbooks, as well as for her exhibitions. Muriel Moritz organizes workshops for children at the Luxembourg summer academy (CEPA) and at the Kulturhuef Grevenmacher.

Title: Europa 2010 – Luxembourg
Date of Issue: 16 June 2010
Country: Luxembourg
Denominations: 0.50 & 0.70 €

Source: www.pt.lu

Source: www.stamps.postdanmark.dk

Source: www.posta.si

Source: www.english.philotelismos.gr

Source: www.ptt.gov.tr

Source: www.timbres.laposte.fr