Quick Look
- The preeminent illustrated edition of Selma Lagerlöf's classic Swedish story, abridged for young readers
- Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940) was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize in Literature
- Follow Nils as he travels across Sweden from Skåne to Lapland on an amazing journey via frozen lakes and snow-topped mountains, meeting new friends along the way
- Features charming full colour artwork from Lars Klinting
- Readers of all ages will be transported to the Sweden of over a century ago
An epic adventure begins when Nils shrinks to a tiny size. Follow his journey in this fully illustrated, sensitively abridged edition of this classic Swedish tale by Nobel Prize winner Selma Lagerlöf.
Description
When Nils is transformed from a boy into a tiny gnome, he finds himself on an epic adventure travelling the length of Sweden from Skane to Lapland. Soaring through the sky on the back of his family's farmyard goose, Nils discovers the wild and the wondrous: from frozen lakes and snow-topped mountains to lost cities, new friends and dangerous foes -- including a very wily fox set on revenge.
On his perilous journey, young Nils will need to earn the respect and love of his new companions if he is to ever to return home and become a boy again.
This is the preeminent illustrated edition of Nobel Prize-winner Selma Lagerlöf's classic Swedish tale, which has been sensitively abridged for young readers. With its engrossing, exciting story and stunning full colour artwork from Lars Klinting, readers of all ages will be transported to the Sweden of over a century ago.
Author
Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940) was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Lars Klinting (1948-2006) was a beloved Swedish author and illustrator. He trained as a carpenter before he wrote and illustrated his first book. Lars created numerous children's books including the Handy Harvey series, which became popular all over the world, and illustrated books by Astrid Lindgren and Selma Lagerlöf. He won the Elsa Beskow Plaque in 1987.
