The Race of the Birkebeiners - Hardcover

Lunge-Larsen, Lise

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0618103139 ISBN 13: 9780618103133

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001

Synopsis

Offers the true story of the Birkebeiners, translated to the "Birchleggers", who battled to restore peace to their country by saving the child prince from his snow-covered mountains of Norway in 1206. By the illustrator of Snowflake Bentley. 20,000 first printing.

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Review:

Imagine the bravest, fiercest Norwegian warriors that ever lived, carrying a baby prince across blizzard-wracked mountains to save his life. Picture the babe's mother undergoing a cruel, brutal test to prove her son is indeed the bona fide prince of Norway. A fairy tale? No, this is a true story, based on the account written in 1264 by Sturla Tordsson, about the Middle Ages' most powerful king during what are known as Norway's Golden Years. Norwegian-born author Lise Lunge-Larsen tells the story of this king's miraculous adventure in infancy, while woodcut artist Mary Azarian stunningly depicts the heroism of the birch-bark armored peasant warriors, the Birkebeiners.

Mary Azarian was awarded the Caldecott Medal for her lovely woodcut illustrations in Snowflake Bentley. Lunge-Larsen is the award-winning author of The Troll with No Heart in His Body and The Legend of the Lady Slipper. (Ages 4 and older) --Emilie Coulter

About the Author:

Caldecott Medalist Mary Azarian is a consummate gardener and a skilled and original woodblock artist. Many of her prints are heavily influenced by her love of gardening, and her turn-of-the-century farmhouse is surrounded by gardens that reveal an artist's vision. Mary Azarian received the 1999 Caldecott Medal for SNOWFLAKE BENTLEY, written by Jacqueline Briggs Martin. She lives, skis, and gardens in Vermont.

Born and raised in Norway, Lise Lunge-Larsen learned to ski in the mountains at the age of three. She is the award-winning author of The Legend of the Ladyslipper and The Troll with No Heart in His Body. She lives in Minnesota with her husband and three children.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0618103139
• ISBN 13: 9780618103133
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Azarian Mary