The Cat on the Dovrefell
A Christmas Tale
- Hardcover
32 pages
- Release Date
1 December 2021
Summary
A very large cat may be the key to saving Christmas in this wryly humorous retelling of the Norwegian fairy tale The Cat on the Dovrefjell.
When a man captures a great white bear, he is determined to bring it as a gift to the king of Finnmark. But to do that, first he must cross the Dovrefells—a mountain covered in snow and ice—in the middle of winter. On Christmas Eve, he reaches the house of a man named Halvor, and asks if he can stay the night. Halvor warns that every year…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781534466593 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1534466592 |
| Author: | Tomie dePaola |
| Publisher: | Simon & Schuster |
| Imprint: | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 32 |
| Release Date: | 1 December 2021 |
| Weight: | 481g |
| Dimensions: | 10mm x 279mm x 229mm |
| Audience Age: | 4-8 |
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Tomie dePaola
Tomie dePaola (1934–2020) was the beloved author and/or illustrator of more than 270 books for young readers, including the children’s classic Strega Nona. He was the recipient of the Newbery Honor, Caldecott Honor, and the 2011 Children’s Literature Legacy Award for “significant and lasting contribution to children’s literature.” A native of Connecticut, Mr. dePaola studied at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, and spent much of his life in New London, New Hampshire.
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