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TORDENSKJOLD.

Author: Hansen, Ole Steen
Country: Denmark
Language: Danish
Year Published: No year
No. of pages: 28
Illustrations: 30 Color Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 9”x 11”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 8778260787
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 3101

Price: $19.50

Tordenskjold, a great naval hero in Danish history, fought against the Swedes with unparalleled courage and intelligence. He told many stories, such as how he deceived the head of a Swedish commando so he believed that there were many more Danish soldiers than was really true. Not all the stories are true. Here you can read about Tordenskjolds life from his birth in Trondheim, apprenticing to be a tailor, fought in Dynekilen until his death in a daring duel.

VIKING LONGSHIP.

Author: Manning, Mick and Granstrom, Brita
Country: London
Language: English
Year Published: 2007
No. of pages: 39
Illustrations: 44 Color Illustrations. 2 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 8 1/2”x11”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 9787847806246
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 7066

Price: $9.99

Watch skillful ship builders at work, charge into battle, visit a Viking farmstead, enjoy the hustle and bustle of Jorvik on market day and listen to fireside tales about the Viking gods. You can even wipe a tear from your eye at a Viking funeral! These pages are packed full of up-to-date information about Viking life drawn from the latest archaeological discoveries. With drawings, notes, wood shavings, straw, wolf fur and axe marks, this book shows you history as it really happened. “Guaranteed to keep young readers’ attention from cover to cover” (The Guardian).

WEED IS A SEED, A.

Author: Ferida Wolff, ill. by Janet Pedersen
Country: New York
Language: English
Year Published: 1996
No. of pages: 32
Illustrations: 32 Color Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 8”x 10 1/2”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 395722918
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 2382

Price: $29.50

The gardener doesn’t want weeds, but the hungry mouse does. The rain that spoils the family’s picnic helps crops grow. Autumn leaves that are boring to rake are fun to jump on. In this book we follow a family through a year of work and play, and see how the same event can be viewed in two different ways-both of them true.

WHO WILL COMFORT TOFFLE ?.

Author: Jansson, Tove
Country: Finland
Language: English
Year Published: 1998
No. of pages: 32
Illustrations: 15 Color Illustrations. 4 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 11”x 8 1/2”
Weight: 0.00
ISBN: 9515004691
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 4235

Price: $49.50

Internationally acclaimed for her Moomin book series, author and illustrator Tove Jansson has written an utterly charming book about a small boy who is lonely and afraid to sleep at night, and who searches for a companion to ease his fear. The text is written in verse, and the book is delightfully illustrated with colorful cartoon-like children and talking animals.

WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF NILS, THE.

Author: Selma Lagerlöf, Illustrated by Lars Klinting
Country: England
Language: English
Year Published: 1962
No. of pages: 91
Illustrations: 95 Color Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 11 1/2”x 8 1/2”
Weight:
ISBN: 863151396
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 1196

Price: $42.50

Translated into over thirty languages, and loved the world over, here is the story of Nils, a naughty and selfish boy. Shrunk by a dwarf as punishment, he is carried off by a flock of wild geese on a journey to the far north. Through his adventure, Nils learns to respect people and nature. Written by the Nobel-prize winning Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf.