Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and the Buttered Bread

Snipp, Snapp, Snurr

by Maj Lindman

Snipp, Snapp, and Snurr want butter for their bread. But Mother can't make butter without milk. Aunt Annie's cow, Blossom, can't make milk without good grass to eat, and the grass won't grow without the sun to shine on it. And that means all the ingredients for a classic cumulative adventure here.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

24 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Maj Lindman (Mrs. Maj Lindman-Hulten) lived in Stockholm, Sweden. She attended the Royal Academy of Arts in Stockholm, and also studied art in Paris, France. She wrote and illustrated numerous children's books, but she is best known for her delightful tales of triplet girls Flicka, Dicka and Ricka and their boy counterparts, Snipp, Snapp and Snurr.

Reviews

[Sheri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Snipp, Snapp, and Snurr learn how nature plays a role in where the butter for their bread comes from. The seemingly simple pleasures of life are all part of the natural cycle and order of things.

[Kathryn · Rating 4 out of 5]

We love Snipp, Snapp and Snurr! I'm having trouble finding the original publication order for these (originally published in Sweden it was first published in the US in the 1930s) but I'm thinking it might be one of the earlier books. The boys look a little younger here than in most of the other books and it's also a little more fanciful in the storytelling with the anthropomorphic sun (which I loved!) though it's also still grounded in reality and farm life.

[Dianna · Rating 5 out of 5]

2010: Snipp, Snapp, and Snurr want some butter for their bread, but their mother is all out, so they go to buy her some milk so she can make some more. But the cow needs grass, and the grass needs sun. My four-year-old loved this story and especially the pictures of the smiling sun, and I loved that it teaches him where his food comes from—and his food's food.

[Sherry Scheline · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love these Swedish tales. They make me smile. 🇸🇪

[Elevetha · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found this particular Snipp, Snapp, and Snurr book to be pretty darn worthless, so far as story or characters go. However, the science was interesting.

For butter, you need your neighbor's milk. For your neighbor to have milk, the cow must first give milk. Etc, etc. What it all boils down to is that you need the sun. This is very scientific. Apparently, though, the sun is sentient and can decide whether to shine or remain behind the clouds. This is not.

[Nan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yum!

[Stacie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love Snipp, Snapp and Snurr!!! They remind me of 2nd and 3rd grade readers!! I sure hope I can find these books in Swedish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Miss Clark · Rating 2 out of 5]

Easily my least favourite of the SSS books. It is so very illogical. Also, it does not fit in with the others which are grounded in reality.

Also, by the time the grass has grown to feed the cow so that she can give her milk to make the butter, it has been days, and so mum is going to have to bake bread again.

[Aine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Snipp Snapp and Snurr is the boy version of the Flicka Dicka and Ricka books by Maj Lindman. This one is my favorite of the series, where they learn where their food comes from, and where it's food comes from, etc. Lots of fun for little ones.

[Emily · Rating 4 out of 5]

I did not read any of the Snipp, Snapp, Snurr books when I was little but I can see the appeal similar to the Flicka, Ricka, and Dicka books. This is a quick and cute read about three little Swedish boys as they try to get butter for their bread.

[Kathleen]

As mentioned in "Real Food" by Nina Planck.

[Jen · Rating 5 out of 5]

A little fresh air and sunshine is a perfect way to get yummy goodness from nature!

[Mandy E · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this story as an archetypal folk tale about the hidden and complex natures of even the simplest desires, as though desire itself were something to be wary of.