DESCRIPTION
In this newly illustrated edition of the classic Swedish folk tale, mischievous Nils is shrunk to a tiny size by a gnome and carried across Sweden by a flock of geese to their summer home in the far North. Through many perils and exciting adventures, Nils wins the respect and love of the geese and finally returns home, a changed boy.
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils is truly an engaging, exciting and beautiful story about acceptance, courage and resilience. Meet a grumpy gnome, talking geese, a pesky fox, dancing cranes, statues that come to life, cities that appear and disappear, a noble raptor and more in this fun adventure book.
The engaging chapters are short enough to maintain the attention of a five or six year old during a read aloud for story time, but the story is long enough to keep your nine or ten year old reading through the night.
The hardcover version is accompanied by colorful, gorgeous illustrations, a map to plot the trip of Nils and the geese, and backmatter on Selma Lagerlöf, who some say even makes an entrance as one of the characters Nils meets along the way!
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DETAILS
- The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
- Great as a read aloud.
- Written by Selma Lagerlöf, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature.
Hardcover, Beautifully illustrated
- Illustrated by Lars Klinting.
- Published by Floris Books - Floris Books, Edinburgh, Scotland; April 15, 1992.
- Ages 6 to 9 years
- 0.6" H x 11.4" L x 8.4" W (1.4 lbs) 96 pages
Softcover, Two Books in One
- Illustrated by Astri Heiberg
- Published by Penfield Books, July 21, 2015.
- Ages 7 to 11 years
- 1.16" H x 9.04" L x 6.06" W (1.42 lbs) 418 pages
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