The Yule Tomte and the little rabbits : a Christmas story for advent

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Title:

The Yule Tomte and the little rabbits : a Christmas story for advent

Author:

Stark, Ulf, 1944-2017, author.

Eriksson, Eva, 1949- artist.

Beard, Susan, 1949- translator.

Summary:

"Grump the Yule Tomte lives all alone, which is exactly how he likes it! He's waiting for Christmas to arrive when all of a sudden a gust of wind steals his mittens from the washing line and his hat from his head. That's the last straw -- he won't be the Yule Tomte any more! Binny and Barty, the rabbit children, live with their family in the forest. They've never heard of Christmas, or the Yule Tomte, until the wind brings them some strange gifts ... All the animals in the forest prepare for the arrival of Christmas. They make presents, bake sweet treats and even write a song. But will the Yule Tomte ever bring Christmas to the big forest?"-- Back cover.

General Note:

Translated from the Swedish by Susan Beard.

Originally published in Swedish in 2012 as Jul I Stora Skogen by Rabén Y Sjögren.

Physical Description:

101 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Subject Term:

Tomte

Christmas stories, Swedish -- Juvenile fiction

Advent -- Juvenile fiction.

Author(s):

Eriksson, Eva, 1949-

Beard, Susan, 1949-

Publisher:

Floris Books,

Publication Date:

2014

ISBN:

9781782501367

Publication Information:

Edinburgh : Floris Books, 2014.

Call Number:

P STARK

Holds: Copies:

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Summary

Grump the Yule Tomte lives all alone, which is exactly how he likes it! He's waiting for Christmas to arrive when all of a sudden a gust of wind steals his mittens from the washing line and his hat from his head. That's the last straw -- he won't be the Yule Tomte any more!

Binny and Barty, the rabbit children, live with their family in the forest. They've never heard of Christmas, or the Yule Tomte, until the wind brings them some strange gifts...

All the animals in the forest prepare for the arrival of Christmas. They make presents, bake sweet treats and even write a song. But will the Yule Tomte ever bring Christmas to the big forest?

This charming and funny Christmas story of a grumpy tomte and the hopeful little rabbits is told over twenty-five chapters -- one for each
day of Advent -- with delightful festive illustrations. Perfect for families to share together.

Author Notes

Ulf Stark (1944 - 2017) was one of Sweden's best-known authors. He won many awards for his work, including the August Prize and the Nordic Children's Book Prize. Eva Eriksson was born in Halmstad in 1949 and is a graduate of Konstfack University College of Arts, Crafts and Design. She is one of Europe's best-loved children's illustrators, and has worked with Ulf Nilsson, Margaret Stromstedt, Rose Lagercrantz, and Eva Bexell, among others. She is especially well-known in Sweden for illustrating Barbo Lindgren's successful Max series. Eva Eriksson's work has been recognised with many awards, and in 2001 she was the recipient of the Astrid Lindgren Prize.

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School Library Journal Review

PreS-Gr 2-In Sweden, a "tomte" brings gifts to children at Christmas. Grump the tomte-small, thin and white-bearded-lives in empty Tomte Cottage with only a sleepy bee for company. When the wind blows his signature red cap away, along with an old sign that reads "Tomte Co," they are found by two young rabbits, who assume, along with everyone else in the crowded rabbit burrow, that the sign means a tomte is coming. A menu is planned, songs are composed-but as December rolls on and there is no sign of the tomte, tempers begin to fray. Finally, the two young rabbits take matters into their own paws and go out to find the tomte-with happy results for the animals and for the lonely tomte. The story is told in 25 chapters-one for each day of Advent-and with large and expressive illustrations of the bushy-eyebrowed tomte or goofy rabbits on almost every page, the book makes a wonderful classroom or family read-aloud.-Eva Mitnick, Los Angeles Public Library (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.