The Wild Baby Goes to Sea

By Barbro Lindgren, Eva Eriksson (illustrator),

Book cover of The Wild Baby Goes to Sea

Book description

While his mother cleans house, rambunctious baby Ben sets sail in a wooden box and has many adventures.

When you buy books, we may earn a commission that helps keep our lights on (or join the rebellion as a member).

Why read it?

1 author picked The Wild Baby Goes to Sea as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Make-believe was one of my favorite pastimes as a little girl. When I wasn’t writing a story, chances were, I was off with a sister in a world of imagination. And when I was there, it was as if my fancy was reality. I think that’s why I identify with this charming picture book so much. The main character’s potent imagination pulls his surroundings into his play reality. But the ending leaves us to ponder, along with Baby Ben’s mama…can his imagination conjure things into the tangible world? This translation from the original Swedish expertly converted the rhymes, and the…

From Charline's list on that capture children’s imaginations.

Want books like The Wild Baby Goes to Sea?

Our community of 12,000+ authors has personally recommended 100 books like The Wild Baby Goes to Sea.

Browse books like The Wild Baby Goes to Sea

Book cover of Journey
Book cover of Frog and Toad Together
Book cover of The Little Hippos' Adventure

Share your top 3 reads of 2024!

And get a beautiful page showing off your 3 favorite reads.

1,466

readers submitted
so far, will you?

5 book lists we think you will like!

Interested in Sweden, imagination, and the United Kingdom?

Sweden 82 books
Imagination 107 books
The United Kingdom 586 books