Freya and the Snake by Fredrik Sonck, Jenny Lucander
Published by Kids Can Press on June 3, 2025
ISBN: 9781525313721
Genres: Emotions & Feelings
Format: Picture Book Fiction
Source: MSL Book Review
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Freya and her family are working in their garden when her brother, Hugo, sees what he believes to be a worm. It’s actually a snake that Freya names Snakey. Mom and Dad are very worried about Snakey living in the rocks in their garden and the possibility that it could bite and hurt one year old Hugo. They hatch a plan to catch Snakey to rehome him far away but he proves more elusive than they can handle and Dadmakes the tough decision that he needs to kill the snake instead to keep his family safe. Freya is very angry at her father and calls him a murderer while we watch her navigate her emotions as she comes to terms with what her father had to do.

This book is the translation from its native Finnish.

Ages 5-8

Reviewed by MaryAnn Lopes, Elementary Librarian. Lewiston Public Schools, Lewiston, Maine.