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Posted: Dec 11 2005 at 11:49am | IP Logged Quote Mary G

By great good luck, this past Summer I was able to get some great old library books. One of these "Arne and the Christmas Star" by Alta Halverson Seymour was a great find for our Advent/Christmas reading. It is a wonderful story about Norway, a sea-faring family, and Christmas. There is lots of stuff about the Norwegian Christmas traditions and great general info too.

We enjoyed it so much I looked for the author at our library and found another called "The Christmas Stove" -- a story set in a small town in Switzerland. It's as good as "Arne" was and the children and I had a wonderful read-aloud for a few days.

These books are OOP but your library might have them -- they'd be a great addition if you're doing a nordic study.

According to Amazon, Ms. Seymour wrote lots of books that are now OOP (and our library only had the "Christmas Stove") -- but she's worth looking for! Great living books about Nordic areas!



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