Mio, my Mio

Did anyone listen to the radio on October fifteenth last year? Did anyone hear that a missing boy was being searched for? Here is what they reported:
“The Stockholm police are searching for nine-year-old Bú Wilhelm Åhlsson, who has been missing from his home at Uppland street thirteen since eighteen o'clock the day before yesterday. Bú Wilhelm Åhlsson has light hair and blue eyes, and at the time of his disappearance, he was dressed in short brown pants, a gray knitted sweater, and a red cap on his head. We request any information about the missing person to be reported to the police duty department.”
Yes, that is what they reported. But no news ever came about Bú Wilhelm Åhlsson. He was missing. No one ever found out where he had gone...
Thus begins the story of Bú Wilhelm Åhlsson, who became Mio, arrived in the Land of Far Away, and then also in the Holy Land, where he faced the cruel warrior Kato. This beautiful and poetic tale by Astrid Lindgren, which prompts the reader to think about life and death, good and evil, as well as the power of friendship and love, is splendidly illustrated by Swedish artist Johan Egerkrans in this edition.
Translated from Swedish by Mudīte Treimane.