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DVD Featuring "Those Lutheran Ladies," David Cook and Greta Grosch. Janet Letnes Martin and Suzann Nelson, commonly known as "Those Lutheran Ladies," have adopted new personas for this crazy DVD. Watch them portray Myrtle Klemetson and Ethel Urness, Emil's Mrs. — the ladies just down the road apiece — as they try to understand the younger generation ... ... more
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by Kathleen Stokker
Paperback
In the last 100 years, Christmas was a warm and regenerative family holiday for many Norwegian-Americans. It was celebrated with family feasts of lutefisk, lefse, rømmegrøt, fattigmann and fruktsuppe. Trees in such homes were decorated with straw ornaments, flags, and heart-shaped baskets.To ensure good luck in the coming year, the hidden nisser in ... ... more -
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by Ingri and Edgar Parin d’Aulaire
Hardcover
Inspired by rich sagas and infused with history, Leif — son of Erik the Red —Joins his father’s expeditions to Greenland and America, an unknown place to Europeans at that time. Leif, in fact, grew up in Greenland. This is a rich story generously illustrated with Nordic motifs. Written for children ... ... more -
by Jane Shuter
Paperback
In the Picturing the Past series, this book explains exactly what the title implies. It has maps showing where they traveled, and photos of tools they used and modern copies of what their homes looked like. The book does a good job of explaining why the Vikings of Norway, Denmark, and Sweden had to take ... ... more -
by Jaakko Alatalo (Sami)
Paperback
Subtitled from Dawn to Dusk in Lapland, follow along with Lina-Marja as she gets ready for school. Follow her through the school day until she returns home and visits her grandmother. She and her mother leave this home to go to another home where her father and brother have been working. Alatalo has ... ... more -
Sonata for Miriam is about an unexpected friendship that heals deep emotional wounds, and has been described as a haunting new novel of loss, love, and the human connection., and has a "sort of" subtitle of " The Consequence of Silence". This story follows composer Adam Anker on a journey from New Zealand, to ... ... more
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by Mildred Armstrong Kalish
Paperback
According to the New York Times Book Review, this book is "one of the 10 best books of the year". A different sort of memoir that doesn't focus on the hard times, Kalish teaches the reader what life was like as a rural, rigid Methodist Iowan. She never feels sorry for herself ... ... more -
by Inkeri Karvonen and Hannu Taina
Hardcover
This Finnish Christmas story is about a sweet elf called Little Tomte who is anticipating the holiday season. Snow begin, he sings carols and plans to make special treats. Things just don’t go right for Little Tomte and he felt very lonely. Ah, he gets a wonderful idea and he ... ... more -
by Florence Ekstrand Paperback “The grave itself is but a covered bridge…Leading from light to light, through a brief darkness.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Subtitled The History and Tradition of Sweden’s Lucia Celebration, this book tells about the original legend of this martyr, the celebration in Sweden and among Swedish-Americans, tips for planning the fest, and recipes. ... more
