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Sent with her younger brother to God?y Island to live with her aunt and grandfather after Germans bomb Norway in 1940, ten-year-old Merit longs to join her parents in the Resistance and when her aunt, a teacher, is taken away two years later, she resents even more the Nazis' presence and her grandfather's refusal to oppose them. Includes historical facts and glossary.

Traces the Norwegian explorer's life and adventures through the Northwest Passage to the South Pole.

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

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

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

An overview of the symbols, celebrations, decorations, food, and songs that are part of Christmas in Norway.

A retelling of the traditional Norwegian tale about the adventures of a runaway pancake.

A young man's kindness to an old beggar woman earns him his weight in gold and half a kingdom.

Convinced his work in the fields is harder than his wife's work at home, a farmer trades places with her for the day.

A brief account of the life and discoveries of the Norse explorer who became one of the first white men to visit America.