The Tomten and the Fox

by Astrid Lindgren and Karlerik Forsslund

Book Overview

"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)

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00A2OEETW
• ISBN13: 9780698115927
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Puffin Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 10.0" x 7.1"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3