Sia lives on Kilimanjaro

Sia lives on Kilimanjaro
Author Astrid Lindgren
Original title Sia bor på Kilimandjaro
Country  Sweden
Language Swedish
Genre Children's literature
Publisher Rabén & Sjögren
Publication date
1958
Published in English
1959

Sia lives on Kilimanjaro (original Swedish title: Sia bor på Kilimandjaro) is a children's book written by Astrid Lindgren and with photographs by Anna Riwkin-Brick. The original Swedish edition was published in 1958 by the Rabén & Sjögren publishing company in Stockholm. The English translation was published in 1959, in London by Methuen, and in New York by Macmillan.

It is a story of a little girl who wants to visit the king at the Chagga Feast, but her father tells her she is too young, and her brother tells her only boys are allowed. Story about self-determination.

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