Annika’s Garden
by A.A. Glover
Annika lives in a little red house by a lake in Småland, in the south of Sweden. One spring day, she plants a garden. Grow, garden, grow! Follow Annika, Mormor and Pelle the hedgehog through a whole Swedish year, from rainy spring and Midsummer dancing to autumn apples and a snowy Lucia Day.
Sing “Annika’s Rose”
Meet Annika’s Family
Pelle likes to hide. Can you find him on the pages of the book?
Annika
A girl who loves to grow things
Mormor
Annika’s grandma, her mom’s mom
Pelle
A hedgehog who lives under the apple tree
Annika’s Rose
Annika plants a little rose in spring and watches it through the whole year. Sing along!
Watch Annika, Mormor and Pelle play the song!
Sing-along version: the words light up as they’re sung.
Try the Short: Grow like a rose!
Or just listen and sing along!
Verse 1 · Spring
Hej, hej! The snow is gone,
Out comes Annika, boots are on!
Dig, dig, dig, down, down she goes,
And in the ground she plants a rose.
Chorus
Grow, grow, Annika’s rose,
Drip, drop, and up it goes!
Sun on your leaves and rain on your head,
Grow, grow, little rose so red!
Verse 2 · Summer
Summer sun stays up so late,
One red rose, oh, it looks great!
Flowers in her hair so bright,
Dansa, dansa, Midsummer night!
Verse 3 · Autumn
Apples red up in the tree,
Fika time for you and me.
Leaves fall down, the wind blows cold,
Pelle sleeps in red and gold.
Bridge · Winter
Snow, snow, so soft and white,
Lucia’s crown is shining bright.
Sleep, little rose, beneath the snow,
Spring will come and you will grow.
Verse 4 · Spring again
Hej, hej! The snow is gone,
Pelle wakes up with a yawn.
Look, look! A little bud,
Peeking up out of the mud!
Ending
Ros, ros, that’s rose, you know!
Grow, grow, Annika’s rose!
Annikas ros
Samma sång på svenska! Sjung med Annika, Mormor och Pelle. The same song in Swedish.
Titta på musikvideon med Annika, Mormor och Pelle!
Sjung med! Orden lyser upp när de sjungs.
Eller lyssna och sjung med!
Vers 1 · Vår
Hej, hej! Nu är vintern slut,
Annika i stövlar springer ut!
Gräv, gräv, gräv, ner i jorden går,
där hon sätter ner en ros i vår.
Refräng
Väx, väx, Annikas ros,
Pelle nosar med sin nos!
Dripp, dropp, regnet faller ner,
väx, väx, lilla ros, lite mer!
Vers 2 · Sommar
Solen lyser hela natten lång,
en röd ros och en sommarsång.
Blomsterkrans i håret på,
dansa, dansa runt stången då!
Vers 3 · Höst
Röda äpplen, en, två, tre,
fika, bulle, saft och te!
Löven faller, röda, gula,
Pelle sover i sin kula.
Brygga · Vinter
Snö, snö, mjuk och vit,
Lucia kommer med ljus hit.
Sov, lilla ros, under snön,
våren kommer, ljus och grön.
Vers 4 · Våren igen
Hej, hej! Nu är vintern slut,
Pelle gäspar och tittar ut.
Titta, titta! En liten knopp
som tittar upp ur jorden, hopp!
Slut
Ros, ros – rose på engelska!
Väx, väx, Annikas ros!
Say It in Swedish
There is one Swedish word on every page of the book, plus a bonus word from the song.
Grow a Garden in a Cup
Ask a grown-up to help you.
- Fill a paper cup with soil.
- Push in two or three bean or pea seeds, as deep as your finger’s first bump.
- Water a little, and put the cup by a sunny window.
- Water when the soil feels dry. Count the days until you see green!
