Author(s): Astrid Lindgren,Karl-Erik Forsslund,Harald Wiberg
No. of Pages: 32 pages
Date Published: 01 Nov 2006
Publisher: Putnam Publishing Group,U.S.
Format: Paperback | 32 pages
Dimensions: 203.2 x 248.92 x 7.62mm | 158.76g
Language: English
Publication City/Country: New York, NY, United States
Edition: Reissue
Illustrations: colour illustrations

"This is a bedtime story that small children will want to hear over and over again."--The New Yorker In this sequel to the classic The Tomten, the creator of Pippi Longstocking adapts a Swedish folk tale into a beloved children's story. When a hungry fox wanders into a farm late at night looking for food, the guard troll Tomten finds a way to keep the farm animals safe and feed the fox at the same time. "The illustrations have a luminous beauty. There's a kind, quiet calm here that warms the winter air."--The New York Times "Charming, hushed illustrations and quiet text together evoke the soft, snowy silence and winter beauty of a Swedish night. The troll Tomten mercifully saves the farm animals from the depredations of Reynard the fox, and manages to assuage the fox's hunger to boot!"--School Library Journal (starred review)