In
this illustrated edition of the classic Swedish folktale, Nils is
shrunk to a tiny size by a dwarf and is carried off across Sweden by a
flock of wild geese to their summer home in the far North. (Ages 5-9)
 Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf
(1858-1940) was born in Mårbacka, in the province of Värmland in
southern Sweden. Lagerlöf's work is deeply rooted in Nordic legends and
history. She rejected the dominating realistic movement and wrote her
novels in a romantic and imaginative style about the peasant life and
landscape of Northern Sweden. She wrote several books for children, the
most popular of which is The Wonderful Adventures of Nils. In
1909, she became the first woman writer to win the Nobel Prize for
Literature, and, in 1914, she was appointed a member of the Swedish
Academy.
ISBN: 0863151396
Book (Hardcover)
Floris Books
$24.95
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