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Title: The Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Selma Lagerlof, Lars Klinting, Selma Ottilia Lagerloef, Rebecca Alsberg, Selma Lagerlöf, Joan Tate ISBN: 0-86315-139-6 Publisher: Floris Books Pub. Date: 1992 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
Comment: My dad read me this book when I was just young in Swedish. He is from Sweden and wanted his children born in America to know the culture and history of his homeland. That is what this book is about. It's actually a story of the geography of Sweden from the south up to the north. Taken from the view of a young trouble maker,who shrunken, rides on the back of a wild goose you get to experience the adventure with him. A delightful, delightful book.
Rating: 4
Summary: A classic stumbled upon accidentally.
Comment: Though this story easily deserves 5 stars, it suffers slightly due to the author's agenda (she was commissioned to write a geography book for children). Knowing this, it is easy to hurl criticism at those chapters that seem to exist solely for the purpose of education. Nonetheless, once this minor fault (and I am not really sure you can call it a fault) is recognized, the story of Nils is a fantastic one, seemingly not at all distant from native folklore and fairy tales, rich with an earthiness that simply doesn't exist in modern children literature. Of course, Lagerlof does more then simply make a modern day fairy-tale. There are passages here that are simply too delightful for description; one which comes to mind is a gathering of all the animals to celebrate the coming of spring--the image and significance crafted by the author are bound to stay with the reader for a life-time. I haven't read anything else by Lagerlof, and only found this book by accident at a local vendor. If I have any complaint it is that Dover does not offer the sequel to this work (at this writing anyway), though apparently another publisher offers it at a much higher price. I think anyone who enjoys folktales/folklore and whimsical animal fantasies (I.E. Wind in the Willows, the Moomin books, etc.) will find this book very rewarding and enjoy the opportunity to read an unknown classic (in Sweden, Nils actually appears on their money!)
Rating: 4
Summary: A fairy tale that is not what it seems to be.
Comment: When you read this book if you read it by yourself or to your children it pulls you right in. The beautiful destriptions of the land gives you a geographic picture. The stories give you good examples and the whole book gives you something that you will never forget. This is a book you want to read over and over.
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Title: Tales from Moominvalley by Thomas Warburton, Tove Jansson ISBN: 0374474133 Publisher: Sunburst Pub. Date: 06 November, 1995 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: The Wonderful Adventures Of Nils And The Further Adventures Of Nils Holgersson by Selma Lagerlof, Selma Ottilia Lagerloef ISBN: 1572160365 Publisher: Penfield Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Comet in Moominland : Can Moomintroll save his beloved valley? by Elizabeth Portch, Tove Jansson ISBN: 0374413312 Publisher: Sunburst Pub. Date: 01 September, 1991 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Finn Family Moomintroll by Elizabeth Portch, Tove Jansson ISBN: 0374423075 Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux Pub. Date: 01 September, 1990 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: Moominpappa's Memoirs by Thomas Warburton, Tove Jansson ISBN: 0374453071 Publisher: Sunburst Pub. Date: 30 September, 1994 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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