| The Tomten and the Fox Contributor(s): Lindgren, Astrid (Author) |
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ISBN: 0698115929 ISBN-13: 9780698115927 Publisher: Puffin Books OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1997 Annotation: "Charming, hushed illustrations and quiet text together evoke the soft, snowy silence and winter beauty of a Swedish night".--School Library Journal. Full-color illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Classics - Juvenile Fiction | Lifestyles - Farm Life & Ranch Life - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - General |
| Dewey: E |
| LCCN: 97210986 |
| Lexile Measure: 500 |
| Physical Information: 0.17" H x 9.96" W x 7.14" (0.30 lbs) 32 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Scandinavian - Seasonal - Winter |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "This is a bedtime story that small children will want to hear over and over again."--The New Yorker In this sequel to the classic The Tomten, the creator of Pippi Longstocking adapts a Swedish folk tale into a beloved children's story. When a hungry fox wanders into a farm late at night looking for food, the guard troll Tomten finds a way to keep the farm animals safe and feed the fox at the same time. "The illustrations have a luminous beauty. There's a kind, quiet calm here that warms the winter air."--The New York Times "Charming, hushed illustrations and quiet text together evoke the soft, snowy silence and winter beauty of a Swedish night. The troll Tomten mercifully saves the farm animals from the depredations of Reynard the fox, and manages to assuage the fox's hunger to boot "--School Library Journal (starred review) |