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The troll with no heart in his body and other tales of trolls from Norway

A collection of Norwegian folktales all featuring trolls: The Three Billy Goats Gruff, The Boy Who Became a Lion, a Falcon, and an Ant, Butterball, The Boy and the North Wind, The White Cat in the Dovre Mountain, The Sailors and the Troll, The Eating Competition, and The Troll with No Heart in His B...

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Main Author: Lunge-Larsen, Lise
Other Authors: Bowen, Betsy (Illustrator), Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen, 1812-1885, Moe, Jørgen Engebretsen, 1813-1882
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1999.
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Trolls > Folklore > Juvenile nonfiction.
Folklore > Norway > Juvenile nonfiction.
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Summary:A collection of Norwegian folktales all featuring trolls: The Three Billy Goats Gruff, The Boy Who Became a Lion, a Falcon, and an Ant, Butterball, The Boy and the North Wind, The White Cat in the Dovre Mountain, The Sailors and the Troll, The Eating Competition, and The Troll with No Heart in His Body.
Item Description:Folktales mainly from Peter Christian Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe's collection titled Samlede eventyr.
Physical Description:p. cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references ( ).
ISBN:0395913713
Author Notes:Lise Lunge-Larsen is an award-winning author and a professional storyteller. Born and raised in Norway, she lives with her family in the hills of Duluth, Minnesota. Betsy Bowen is the author-illustrator of several books for children. Reviewers have described her distinctive woodcuts as bold, rich and handsome. The mother of three sons, she has lived with her family on the rugged north shore of Lake Superior in Minnesota for more than thirty years.

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