Alfred and Rosa sharpen their pencils far out on Lars Tyndskids field

Alfred bøgerne på engelsk
Bøgerne kan bruges af tosprogede børn og familier, der kan læse de danske og engelske udgaver side om side. Samtidig kan danske børn bruge de engelske udgaver til at lære engelsk gennem sjove historier og levende sprog.

The Alfred Books
A Danish Boy’s Guide to Grown-Up Nonsense – Understanding Danish Idioms Through Funny Stories
The English editions are designed to be read together with the Danish Alfred books with the same title.
Side by side, the two books help bilingual children and English-speaking families living in Denmark understand Danish idioms by following the story in English while hearing or reading the original Danish expressions.
The books can also be used the other way around: Danish children who are learning English can read the English version with support from the Danish text. In this case it is helpful to know that the Danish idioms in the English edition are translated literally. This means that the expressions may sound unusual or strange in English. At the back of the book you will find an appendix that compares the Danish idioms with their closest English equivalents and explains their meaning.
Perfect for reading aloud and for curious young readers, The Alfred books invites children and adults to laugh together while discovering the playful magic hidden inside language.

Alfred and Rosa are sharpening their pencils - and they mean that quite literally!
Four cousins - Alfred, Jasmin, Ellenor, and Rosa - are spending their summer holiday with Grandpa (who, rather confusingly, is their grandpa from both sides of the family). What was supposed to be a quiet vacation quickly turns into something quite different.
Rosa has been given a school assignment: to find sayings that mean the same thing.
Suddenly no sentence is just a sentence anymore. People start “spinning,” towels get “thrown into the ring,” and butterflies begin fluttering in stomachs while the whole family helps Rosa fill her notebook - and their bellies - during a summer full of strange expressions and funny misunderstandings.
With warmth, humor, and colorful illustrations, everyday language turns into playful adventures where children discover that words often mean much more than they seem.

On my website, forlagditindrelys.dk, you can explore the books with illustrations and read several chapters from the Danish editions. You can also find recommendations (in Danish) from both children and adults. (Feel free to use Google Translate )On my website, forlagditindrelys.dk, you can explore the books with illustrations and read several chapters from the Danish editions. You can also find recommendations (in Danish) from both children and adults. (Feel free to use Google Translate )