Råttan Bettan och masken Baudelaire (‘Bettan the Rat and Baudelaire the Worm’), transports readers directly into a world centred around a baby – a new person – and all around are strange, solitary things. The writing gets right up close to the child. The language of the poems is the language of closeness, of togetherness and affection that encompasses the whole family. The poetry writing gushes and chatters; marvels, whispers tenderly and gives gracious thanks from one adventure to the next. This baby poetry and nursery rhyme collection consists of poems for very young children as well as the whole family. The poems are infused with a playful spirit and warm humour. The scenarios emerge from everyday life and are put into rhyming verse that is as natural, intriguing and deceptively easy. Annika Sandelin (b. 1972) is a Finnish-Swedish author who has already proved to be a highly perceptive creator of rhymes with her previous stories.