If Ray Peterson has his way, the name Linnea will not disappear from the local landscape. Peterson, who has lived in St. Anthony Park for 25 years, wants to preserve the building at 2040 W. Como Ave.

After a three-year hiatus, Swedish author Christina Björk’s Linnea in Monet’s Garden, the story of a girl who visits the artist’s Giverny home, will soon be available again to U.S. readers. The book, ...