I so miss Astrid Lindgren here... Nobody gets the references :-D Just yesterday, Spotify jumped from "Petterson und Findus" to "Pippi Langstrumpf", and Lily loved it :-)
But we do have those hearts in Cotacachi now, too! I'm going to snap you a picture when I can.
The old stories are far better than the new ones. We read through so many different things these days, while other kids are singing baby shark or something like that :D
I always have the feeling that most of the new stories are focused too much on being "perfect" for children, taking into account way too many things, everything has to be positive for the child and nothing that has to be explained. Lindgren and such did not write like that, their stories are not sleek, they have "corners and edges" as we say in German. I prefer having something to talk about and to explain to Lily.