The Perils of the One #Perils

Wanting a lesson that is engaging, interactive, and gets kids talking while focusing on core ELA concepts? This is one for you! This powerful speech is a great supplemental text for your Night unit, when you are discussing human rights, or even on its own. Explore this text through close reading, di...

GORGEOUSLY ILLUSTRATED In this newly, and gorgeously, illustrated edition of the classic Swedish folk tale, mischievous Nils is shrunk to a tiny size by a gnome and carried across Sweden by a flock of geese to their summer home in the far North. Through many perils and exciting adventures, Nils wins the respect and love of the geese and finally returns home, a changed boy.  The Wonderful Adventures of Nils is truly an engaging, exciting and beautiful story about acceptance, courage and resilience. Meet a grumpy gnome, talking geese, a pesky fox, dancing cranes, statues that come to life, cities that appear and disappear, a noble raptor and more in this fun adventure book.  The engaging chapters are short enough to maintain the attention of a five or six year old during a read aloud for story time, but the story is long enough to keep your nine or ten year old reading through the night. They won’t want to put it down!  The hardcover version is accompanied by colorful, gorgeous illustrations, a map to plot the trip of Nils and the geese, and backmatter on Selma Lagerlöf, who may even make an entrance as one of the characters Nils meets along the way! This is a beautiful, oversized hardcover edition.  SOFTCOVER VERSION The softcover has vintage illustrations by a different illustrator and includes a second book in one. Interestingly, it was originally commissioned by the Swedish National Teachers' Society to teach introductory geography to young Swedish schoolchildren. It was the perfectly engaging story of Nils and his flock of geese on many adventures across Sweden’s significant geographical and historical sites. Told in a series of narratives, these adventures demonstrate this Nobel-prize-winning author's skill at defining the sublime in simple, everyday existence. Much of Selma Lagerlöf's work is rooted in her childhood experiences at her ancestral home, "Mårbacka." In her Memories of Mårbacka, she recounts the flight of one of Mårbacka's ganders who joins a flock of wild geese and returns during the next seasonal migration, proudly bringing new family and friends to share the domestic trough as the inspiration for her story. ENVIRONMENTAL APPRECIATION The emergence of these childhood impressions coupled with adult wisdom suggests the appeal of the adventures of Nils to both children and adults. Family and household staff were a source of entertainment and amusement; the imaginative enchantment of storytelling was a main diversion. Of the many concerns in these adventures still appropriate today is that of the environment expressed by the wild goose: "If you have learned anything at all from us, Thumbietot, you no longer think that the humans should have the whole earth to themselves," . . . "Remember you have a large country and you can easily afford to leave a few bare rocks, a few shallow lakes and swamps, a few desolate cliffs and remote forests to us creatures, where we can be allowed to live in peace." This combined edition, from 1917 translations of the two adventures, is sixth in a series of reprints from Penfield Books of the works of Selma Lagerlöf. *THE STORY OF NILS IS A STAFF FAVORITE   DETAILS The Wonderful Adventures of Nils Great as a family or bedtime read aloud Written by Selma Lagerlöf, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize in Literature. Hardcover, Beautifully illustrated Illustrated by Lars Klinting. Published by Floris Books - Floris Books, Edinburgh, Scotland; April 15, 1992. Ages 6 to 9 years 0.6" H x 11.4" L x 8.4" W (1.4 lbs) 96 pages Hardcover Softcover, Two Books in One: The Wonderful Adventures of Nils and also, The Further Adventures of Nils Holgersson Illustrated by Astri Heiberg Published by Penfield Books, July 21, 2015. Ages 7 to 11 years 1.16" H x 9.04" L x 6.06" W (1.42 lbs) 418 pages Softcover version available to ship in 4 days

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This is the original 1968 (Czech release) film poster for the movie The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy (1967), designed by renowned illustrator Stanislav Duda (1921-2008). It is A3 size and in excellent condition with no folds. It's an original poster and not a reprint or copy. A great piece of Laurel and Hardy memorabilia! All items are safely and securely packed, and sent by priority post. If you would like to order more than one item I may be able to reduce shipping costs, so please message me first.