Mischievous Meg Author:Astrid Lindgren, Janina Domanska (Illustrator) The Petersons lived in a comfortable old house -- a big red one -- down by a Swedish river which played a very important part in their lives. In winter, when it froze over, neighbors used it for a road, with horses pulling sleighs between farms. In warmer seasons the children played in it, and Ida, who helped with the work, used it for rinsing l... more »aundry. There was a time when Pharoah's daughter (Meg) almost drowned the infant Moses (Betsy) in the historic rescue from the bulrushes at the river's edge; and the time that Meg pretended that the woodshed roof was a high mountain and they picnicked on it, with sad results; and the time after time when... but why not read the book and find out? It's full of vivid imagination and merriment.« less