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Mio, min Mio

  • 1956 first published
  • 178 pages
  • ★ 5.0 (4 ratings)
  • 39 editions

Astrid Lindgren's Mio, min Mio (1956) is a fae fiction play. Readers will find themes of foster children, fairy tales, fathers and sons and Translations from Scandinavian.

Open Library readers give it an average of 5.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, and 46 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 39 editions across 12 languages.

It runs to roughly 178 pages — 3–4 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Mio, min Mio

Summary, Young Anders is carried away from his bleak life as an unloved foster child in Sweden, to become Mio, the son of the King of Farawayland.
Description from Open Library

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Tropes

Subjects

  • Foster children
  • Fairy tales
  • Adventure and adventurers
  • Fathers and sons
  • Children's stories
  • Kings, queens, rulers
  • Rhaeto-Romance/Romansh literature
  • Rhaeto-Romance/Romansh drama
  • Texts translated into Rhaeto-Romance/Romansh
  • Rhaeto-Romance/Romansh children's books
  • Translations from Scandinavian
  • Russian literature
  • Scandinavian literature
  • Children's fiction
  • Kings, queens, rulers, etc.
  • Child abuse

Quick answers

Who wrote Mio, min Mio?

Mio, min Mio was written by Astrid Lindgren and first published in 1956.

What genre is Mio, min Mio?

It is usually shelved as Fae & Fairy Fiction.

How long is Mio, min Mio?

The median edition has 178 pages, about 3–4 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Mio, min Mio?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Magician's Nephew, A Story, A Story and The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.

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