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(0)Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
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English
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Often called the Scandinavian Beauty and the Beast, this Norwegian folktale follows the journey of the youngest daughter of a peasant, who, for the sake of her poor but large family, agrees to leave everything she has ever known and accompany a White Bear to his mountain castle. After discovering the White Bear's true identity, she seeks to rescue him from a forced marriage to a Troll Princess. Her search leads her to the homes of the Four Winds,...
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English
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Pook Press celebrates the great Golden Age of Illustration in children's literature. Many of the earliest children's books, particularly those dating back to the 1850s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Pook Press are working to republish these classic works in affordable, high quality, colour editions, using the original text and artwork so these works can delight another generation of children. Kay Nielsen (1886-1957)...
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Project Gutenberg
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English
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'East of the Sun and West of the Moon' is a collection of Nordic and Norwegian folklore, edited and collated by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Engebretsen Moe. The two men were so closely united in their lives' work that their folk tale anthologies are commonly mentioned only as "Asbjørnsen and Moe." This volume contains the classic "East of the Sun and West of the Moon" and "The Three Billy Goats Gruff," alongside other lesser-known stories...
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English
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In order to provide English learners with extensive reading pleasure, it consists of jewels that span the East and West, from literary works of famous writers such as Aesop's fables, Andersen, Shakespeare, and picture brothers to traditional fairy tales from all over the world.
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Pub. Date
2022.
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IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Once there was a bridge and a terrible and VERY hungry troll lived underneath it. When the three Billy Goats Gruff decide to clip-clop across the bridge to get to the grassy ridge, the troll is already imagining all the way to prepare a delicious goat dinner. But the troll underestimates those seemingly sweet but oh-so-savvy goats!
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Publisher
¿ditions Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
Français
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"Il était une fois, un pont de bois. Et sous ce pont, vivait un troll qui adorait manger. Et dernièrement, il était AFFAMÉ. Alors, quand il a entendu ± Pic, poc, pic, poc! ¿ au-dessus de sa tête, il s'est précipité pour découvrir le festin qui approchait. Il y a trouvé une petite chèvre qu'il avait hâte de dévorer. Mais cette dernière avait un ou deux tours dans son sac..."--
Under a bridge, there lives a troll who loves to eat, and...
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Publisher
New Vessel Press
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
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A smorgasbord of Christmas stories by writers from Hans Christian Andersen to August Strindberg to Karl Ove Knausgaard.
This collection brings together the best Scandinavian holiday stories, including classics by Hans Christian Andersen of Denmark; Nobel Prize winner Selma Lagerlöf, August Strindberg and Hjalmar Söderberg of Sweden; as well as the popular contemporary Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgaard. These...
This collection brings together the best Scandinavian holiday stories, including classics by Hans Christian Andersen of Denmark; Nobel Prize winner Selma Lagerlöf, August Strindberg and Hjalmar Söderberg of Sweden; as well as the popular contemporary Norwegian author Karl Ove Knausgaard. These...