• retold and illustrated by Janet Stevens
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    This familiar story has been told and retold by many authors and performers, but one of the favorite versions is this one by Stevens. The trolls in this book look like trolls, but the goats take on modern garb to disguise themselves from the hungry, angry troll. The littlest one ... ... more

  • by Astrid Lindgren
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    The tomte, who speaks the "tomter" language, is a good natured elf-like creature who lives only on farms and is very busy during the winter while adults and children sleep a lot. These people have never seen him, but they do see his tiny track in the snow.  The invisible "tomten" also visits ... ... more

  • Tove Jannson's Novels
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    This novel examines desire and deception among residents of a remote snowbound village, and focuses on an intense relationship between two strong women, Katri Kling and Anna Aemelin. These women appear to be total opposites. One is an outcast living with her brother and a nameless dog. The other is more sociable and ... ... more

  • by Fiona MacDonald
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    Set sail for an adventure! Travel with Eric the Red and his son Leif Eriksson as they set out across the wild Atlantic Ocean to settle strange new lands. Go with them as they risk stormy seas in search of a new world. The Viking Codex is as much an art book as an ... ... more

  • by Jane Shuter
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    This revised and updated 32-page book is part of the History Opens Windows series. It is an informative book perfect for an elementary school paper. The books in the History Opens Windows series help children discover what life was like in ancient civilizations and other historic times. Filled with colorful diagrams and photos of ... ... more

  • by Jan Brett
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    Teeka, who lives in the Arctic near Santa’s Winterfarm, has been asked by Santa to get the reindeer ready to fly. The deer were on the tundra fattening up, and Teeka was little. Could she get them and herd them to the farm? Would she be able to groom them for Santa? Oh ... ... more

  • by Ole Rølvaag
    Their Fathers' God, the final book in the trilogy, was written in 1931, and the emphasis is on intense and dramatic projections of the Minnesota and Dakota prairies and the whole westward movement in America. Against a backdrop of hard times and mixed feelings brought on by the Populist and anti-monopolist movements occurring in ... ... more

  • June Drenning Holmquist; ed.
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    Why did emigrants leave their homelands and move to Minnesota? Where in the state did they settle? What did they do, and how did they organize? How did they maintain their ethnicity? These are just a few of many deep questions addressed in this massive document making the subtitle, "A Survey of ... ... more

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    by Suzann Nelson & Janet Martin
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    This lexicon compares and contrasts the daily lives of town kids and farm kids in the 50's, and is rich with one-liners such as, "They had barber shops; we had Moms with bowls and wicked clippers," and "They had goldfish in a bowl; we had suckers in the stocktank"! ... ... more

  • by Jan Brett
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    This appealing story is influenced by Scandinavian folklore. The trolls who live on Mt. Baldy really, really want a dog, and Treva — the character in several of Brett's books — has a dog she loves dearly named Tuffi. ... more

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    by Suzann Nelson & Janet Martin
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    A booklet of cartoon drawings based on Norway's most famous artist, Edvard Munch, and his sketch of "The Scream." We figure it never caught on among our people in the New Land because it is about mental anguish and we, the Scandinavian-Americans, don't have mental problems. We just say, "Oh, ... ... more

  • by Vilhelm Moberg
    Book 3 focuses on Karl Oskar and Kristina as they adapt to their new homeland and struggle to survive on their new farm. ... more