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FOLK OG RØVERE I KARDEMOMME BY (People and Robbers in Cardemom Town).

Author: Egner, Thorbjørn
Country: Denmark
Language: Danish
Year Published: 2008
No. of pages: 139
Illustrations: 80 Color Illustrations. 1 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 10”x 7”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 8700471615
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 5676

Price: $55.00

This children’s book is about the peaceful town of Cardemom and the people there, as well as the only characters which stir up serious trouble. They are the three robbers: Casper, Jasper and Jonathan, who live outside the town and regularly enter to steal the things they need. In the end the robbers are arrested, but good treatment in the jail by the kindly constable Bastian reforms them, and in the final chapter they become the hero of the day when they extinguish the fire in the tower of the town.

GOLDIE AT THE ORPHANAGE.

Author: Sandwall-Bergström, Martha & Illustrated By Eva Stålsjö
Country: Britain
Language: English
Year Published: 2004
No. of pages: 26
Illustrations: 20 Color Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 8”x 10”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 863154433
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 5411

Price: $29.50

Shipwrecked as a baby, Goldie goes to live in an orphanage where her golden hair gets her into trouble. Then a new girl called Lotta arrives and Goldie starts to have more fun, until the time comes for them to be auctioned off to the highest bidder. What will happen to the two friends? The lively illustrations, reminiscent of Shirley Hughes, brings out the warmth and vivacity of Goldie. This story is sure to enchant. (Ages 5-7)

GREAT NAMES HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN DENMARK’S FAMOUS AUTHOR.

Author: Carew-Miller, Anna; Kirill Chelushkin
Country: Pennsylvania
Language: English
Year Published: 2003
No. of pages: 32
Illustrations: 27 Color Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 13”x 9 1/2”
Weight: 2.00
ISBN: 1590841603
Biblio/Bio: Bio.
Code: 6803

Price: $19.50

Born in 1805 in the Danish town of Odense, near Copenhagen, Hans Christian Andersen was indeed an ugly duckling. Though his looks kept him apart from other children, and later made it difficult for him to find work as an actor, Andersen was profoundly touched by the power of stories and imagination from a very early age, encouraged by a father who told him bedtime stories and made wooden figures for him. Anna Carew-Miller illuminates how the facts of Andersen's life, and indeed everything around him, fueled such wondrous stories as "The Ugly Duckling" and "The Little Mermaid," while the fantastic ink and wash drawings of Kirill Chelushkin envision the strange characters and miniature theaters of Andersen's mind, in this oversized picture book biography for readers 8 and up.

HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN THE ANNOTATED .

Author: Tatar, Maria ed
Country: New York
Language: English
Year Published: 2008
No. of pages: 451
Illustrations: 71 Color Illustrations. 94 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Softbound
Size: 10”x 8 1/2”
Weight: 3.00
ISBN: 9780739497715
Biblio/Bio: Bibl. Index. Bios.
Code: 6549

Price: $29.50

Part of the ambitious annotated series, this collection does not disappoint. Anderson’s goblins and mermaids hop carelessly through the pages, margins filled with historical context, the influence of culture and an interpretation of the selections that hint of the darker nature of fairy tales. Includes the following fairy tales for children: The Emperor’s New Clothes, The Snow Queen, The Princess and the Pea, The Nightingale, The Ugly Duckling, The Little Mermaid, The Tinderbox, The Wild Swans, Thumbelina, The Little Match Girl, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, Ole Shut-Eye. And Fairy Tales for adults: The Red Shoes, The Shadow, The Psyche, The Most Astonishing Thing, The Story of a Mother, The Girl Who Trod on the Loaf, The Phoenix, The Goblin and the Grocer, Auntie Toothache, TheFlying Trunk, Heartache, The Bell.

HICCUP SNICKUP.

Author: Long, Melinda. Illustrations by Thor Wickstrom
Country: New York
Language: English
Year Published: 2001
No. of pages: 16
Illustrations: 31 Color Illustrations. 0 B&W Illustrations.
Binding: Hardbound
Size: 9”x 11 1/2”
Weight: 1.00
ISBN: 689822456
Biblio/Bio:
Code: 6135

Price: $16.00

A delightful children’s story about a child who tries different ways to get rid of the hiccups by acting on the advice of various family members.