norway

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norway

North of danger

1978
Twelve-year-old Arne undertakes a two-hundred-mile trip on skis to warn his father of a German invasion of their town on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard.

Snow treasure

2005
In 1940, when the Nazi invasion of Norway reaches their village in the far north, twelve-year-old Peter and his friends use their sleds to transport nine million dollars worth of gold bullion past the German soldiers to the secret harbor where Peter's uncle keeps his ship ready to take the gold for safekeeping in the United States.

The princess and the white bear king

2004
A girl travels east of the sun and west of the moon to free her beloved prince from a magic spell.

The cat on the Dovrefell

a Christmas tale
1979
The trolls pay Halvor an annual Christmas visit until they encounter a great white cat.

Two against the ice, Amundsen and Ellsworth

1982
A biography of the Norwegian and American two man team who made important contributions in polar exploration.

The three Billy Goats Gruff

2003
Three clever billy goats outwit a big, ugly troll that lives under the bridge they must cross on their way up the mountain.

Snow treasure

1995
A fictionalized account of how a group of Norwegian children carried bullion to the sea on their sleds, thus helping their country move its gold reserves to the United States during the German occupation.

The three goats

1963
The story of the Billy Goats Gruff told very simply with few words and many pictures for the young reader.

Leif Eriksson

Norwegian explorer
2003
A brief introduction to the life and accomplishments of the Norwiegan explorer Leif Eriksson.

Sister Bear

a Norse tale
2011
Halva is traveling with her bear to visit the King of Denmark when they stop for the night at a cottage where a pack of trolls is about to make its annual Christmas Eve visit.

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