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The Tomten and the Fox by Astrid Lindgren - ISBN: 9780698115927
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A kind troll, a hungry fox, and a peaceful winter night.

The Tomten and the Fox

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    32 pages

  • Release Date

    6 October 1997

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Summary

“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…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780698115927
ISBN-10:0698115929
Author:Astrid Lindgren
Publisher:Putnam Publishing Group,U.S.
Imprint:Putnam Publishing Group,U.S.
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:32
Release Date:6 October 1997
Weight:119g
Dimensions:4mm x 256mm x 198mm
Series:Puffin Books
Audience Age:4-8
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The Tomten and the Fox by Astrid Lindgren - ISBN: 9780698115927
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About The Author

Astrid Lindgren

Astrid Lindgren Biography

Astrid Lindgren (born November 14, 1907, as Astrid Anna Emilia Ericsson in Näs, near Vimmerby, Småland) was a celebrated Swedish author renowned for her beloved children’s literature. She was the second child of Samuel August and Hanna Ericson.

Key Life Events and Achievements:

  • 1907: Born in Näs, Småland.
  • 1914: Begins attending school.
  • 1923: Finishes school.
  • 1924: Starts working at the Vimmerby newspaper, Wimmerby Tidningen.
  • 1926: Moves to Stockholm for secretarial schooling; her son Lars is born.
  • 1931: Marries Sture Lindgren.
  • 1934: Her daughter Karin is born.
  • 1941: The Lindgren family moves to an apartment on Dalagatan in Stockholm, where Astrid would live for the rest of her life.
  • 1944: Writes her first story, Pippi Longstocking, as a birthday gift for her daughter; receives second prize from Rabén & Sjögren for her first Britt-Mari book.
  • 1945: Pippi Longstocking wins first prize in Rabén & Sjögren’s Best Children’s Book Competition (ages 6-10).
  • 1946: Begins working as a children’s book editor at Rabén & Sjögren.
  • 1947-1948: First travels to England and the USA.
  • 1950: Receives the Nils Holgersson Medal.
  • 1952: Sture Lindgren dies.
  • 1956: Awarded the Deutscher Jugendbuchpreis, Sonderpreis (German Prize for Children’s Books, Special Award) for Mio, My Son.
  • 1957: Receives the Swedish State Award for Writers of High Literary Standard, becoming the first children’s literature author to do so.
  • 1958: Honored with the Hans Christian Andersen Medal (International Children’s Book Award) for Rasmus and the Vagabond. She also received the Boys’ Club of America Junior Book Award for the same book.
  • 1959: Wins the New York Herald Tribune Children’s Spring Book Festival Award for Sia Lives on Kilimanjaro.
  • 1961: Her mother, Hanna Ericsson, dies.
  • 1965: Receives the Swedish State Award for Literature.
  • 1967: The Astrid-Lindgren Award is established by Rabén & Sjögren and Friedrich Oetinger; travels to the USSR.
  • 1969: Her father, Samuel August, dies.
  • 1970: Retires as children’s book editor from Rabén & Sjögren; receives the Golden Ship Award of the Swedish Society for the Promotion of Literature, the Heffaklumpen of the Swedish newspaper Expressen for Emil and Piggy Beast, and the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award for Christmas in the Stable.
  • 1971: Receives the Gold Medal of the Swedish Academy.
  • 1973: Awarded an Honorary Ph.D. from Linköping University in Sweden; receives the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award for Pippi Longstocking.
  • 1974: Receives the Smile Award for the Russian adaptation of Karlsson-on-the-Roof.
  • 1975: Awarded Litteris et artibus (a plaque presented by the King of Sweden) and the Silvergriffel for The Brothers Lionheart.
  • 1978: Receives the Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels (German Booksellers’ Peace Award), the first children’s literature author to be so honored. She donates half the prize money to German children and the other half to Swedish children. Additional honors include the Adelaide Risto Award (Rome), the International Writer’s Prize, and an honorary Doctor of Letters from Leicester University, England.
  • 1979: Receives the Wilhelm Hauff Prize and the International Janusz Korczak Award for The Brothers Lionheart.
  • 1984: The Mildred L. Batchelder Award is given to Viking Press for Ronia, the Robber’s Daughter; receives the Dag Hammarskjöld Award (Sweden) and the John Hansson Award (USA).
  • 1985: With over 2 million yearly borrowings in Swedish Public Libraries, she is the most-read Swedish author. Awarded the Illis Quorum (Gold Medal awarded by the Swedish Government); the Silver Bear Award for the movie “Ronia, the Robber’s Daughter”; the Loisirs jeune élu par l’enfant (French children’s book award); the Karen Blixen Award (from the Danish Academy); and the Jovanović Zmaj Award (Yugoslavia).
  • 1986: Her son Lars and publisher Friedrich Oetinger die; named “Swede of the Year” by the Swedish Council of America; receives the Selma Lagerlöf Award (Sweden) and the Lego Prize (Denmark). She founds “Solkatten” for disabled children.
  • 1987: Receives the Leo Tolstoy International Gold Medal.
  • 1989: Awarded the Albert Schweitzer Medal; receives an honorary doctorate from the University of Warsaw.
  • 1993: Receives the International Book Award from the UNESCO International Book Committee.
  • 1996: The first Astrid Lindgren statue is unveiled in Stockholm’s Tenerlunden park.
  • 2001: Astrid Lindgren passes away in Sweden. She is deeply missed.

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