I loved Karlsson books as a child and re-read them numerous times and now I am trying to introduce my girls to this classicunfortunately, the English translation is lacking the finesse and does not do justice to this hilarious classic of children's literaturethe bland translation detracts so much from the book!!!and what's up with all the name changes? Did the translator actually think that she can improve on the Master's work? How presumptuous !Also, I did not find the style of illustrations for this version very appealing or skillful...But at least we have this masterpiece translated in English and in print again ! And that itself deserves 4 starsHopefully, we will have a better translation in the near future.