The book is about three things. It is about the time when Astrid was a child and her name was Astrid Ericsson and she spoke Småland, about her friends and their games. It is also about how Astrid Lindgren used her own childhood when she wrote her books. In addition, the book can be helpful for those who visit Vimmerby and want to find things that Astrid wrote about in her books, for example the sugar drink tree, Bullerbyn and Katthult.