The Tomten and the Fox
What's This Book About
On a snowy winter night, the Tomten, a friendly house troll, guards a Swedish farm homestead, its animals, and its people from a hungry fox.
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Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002) was born in Sweden. After college, she worked in a newspaper office and a Swedish publishing house. Her most famous and beloved book, Pippi Longstocking, was originally published in Swedish in 1950, and was later translated into many other languages. It was followed by two sequels, Pippi Goes on Board and Pippi in the South Sea. Ms. Lindgren had a long, prolific career, writing more than 100 picture books, poems, short stories, plays, screenplays, and novels. In 1958, she won the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, the highest international award in children’s literature.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780698115927
- Publication Date
- October 6, 1997
- Publisher
- Puffin Books
- Original Publication Date
- January 1, 2017
- Page Count
- 32
- Audience
- Picture
- Reading Age
- 4 - 8 years
- Lib. of Congress (LCCN)
- 97210986
- WorldCat Number (OCLC)
- 39800496
- Lexile® Level
- 500L
- Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
- ~N
- Est. ATOS® Book Level
- ~3.3
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