East O' the Sun and West O' the Moon

by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen & Jorgen Engebretsen Moe, Jørgen Engebretsen Moe, et al.

Book Overview

This beautiful Asbj rnsen and Moe folk tale anthology features wondrous stories from Nordic and Norwegian folklore, accompanied by Kay Nielsen's masterful artwork. Edited and collated by Peter... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564020495
• ISBN13: 9781564020499
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.0" x 10.8"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5

Customer Reviews

East o' the Dun and West o' the Moon

This is the most wonderful story to read to children. My grandmother read it to me as a child. The story gives children a dreamy sense of enchantment and restful time away from today's world. This has always been my favorite childhood book and I have read it hundreds of times to my children and grandchildren.

My favorite book when I was little

This was my absolute favorite book when I was little. The illustrations are absolutely gorgous, the writing (translation is by Sir George Webbe Dasent) is quirky and reads well.I find it hard to believe that this version is out of print. If you ever see it, get it, for yourself or for a young friend. Both of you would enjoy it.

An exciting, fabulous,adventourouse book!

My name is Elizabeth, and i think that this book is the BEST book I ever read. This book is about a young maden who is so beautiful. One day ever father becomes ill and she needs to fetch him a cup of spring water from the fountain far away. When the maden gets there she drops the cup into the spring. Then a frog gets the cup. he said that in order to do this she must let him have one wish. Then the madens fther becomes better. The maden lives a happy life once again. The frog comes to her house and asks her to kiss him. The maden refuses. Find out what happens to the maden..... she searches far and wide for the one she loves.... I recomend this book because it was so good I remember when my grandfather read it to me and i absolutl loved it! This IS my favoite book!

East of the sun West of the moon

This book is great! I think everyone should read this book! It has a story line it gives you details and it really brings all the characters to life! It made me really scared for any little girl that has to do anything similar to the story! I love the illistrations they help make the characters come to life in my imagination!

Absolutely wonderful!

This book was amazing, captivating and entertaining. The first time I read it was when I was 7 years old and I still enjoy it today.