Children of the Forest
The children of the forest live in the roots of an old pine tree and enjoy adventures throughout each season. What surprise will spring bring? A collectable edition of the classic Elsa Beskow picture book with a cloth spine.
This is a delightful seasonal story for young children about nature through the year from the world-renowned Swedish author–illustrator Elsa Beskow. Each season brings new adventures for the children of the forest – swimming and berry picking in summer; playing with fairies and harvesting mushrooms in fall; sledging and feeding animal friends in winter. But spring brings the best surprise of all!
This wonderful new edition of Children of the Forest faithfully reproduces Beskow's classic illustrations in a collectable picture book featuring a unique hand-crafted design, premium-quality paper, gold foil signature and a luxurious cloth spine. Create an Elsa Beskow library by collecting all of the gorgeous new editions.
Details:
- Hardcover
- 32 pages
- Reading age: 3 - 5 years
- Dimensions: 11.25 x 0.25 x 9.25 inches
Elsa Beskow books frequently combine reality with elements from the fairy tale world. Children meet elves or goblins, and farm animals talk with people. Central themes are the relationships between children and adults and children's independent initiative. Her work "depicted a happy home atmosphere in the Swedish countryside of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries."
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Children of the Forest
The children of the forest live in the roots of an old pine tree and enjoy adventures throughout each season. What surprise will spring bring? A collectable edition of the classic Elsa Beskow picture book with a cloth spine.
This is a delightful seasonal story for young children about nature through the year from the world-renowned Swedish author–illustrator Elsa Beskow. Each season brings new adventures for the children of the forest – swimming and berry picking in summer; playing with fairies and harvesting mushrooms in fall; sledging and feeding animal friends in winter. But spring brings the best surprise of all!
This wonderful new edition of Children of the Forest faithfully reproduces Beskow's classic illustrations in a collectable picture book featuring a unique hand-crafted design, premium-quality paper, gold foil signature and a luxurious cloth spine. Create an Elsa Beskow library by collecting all of the gorgeous new editions.
Details:
- Hardcover
- 32 pages
- Reading age: 3 - 5 years
- Dimensions: 11.25 x 0.25 x 9.25 inches
Elsa Beskow books frequently combine reality with elements from the fairy tale world. Children meet elves or goblins, and farm animals talk with people. Central themes are the relationships between children and adults and children's independent initiative. Her work "depicted a happy home atmosphere in the Swedish countryside of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries."
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The children of the forest live in the roots of an old pine tree and enjoy adventures throughout each season. What surprise will spring bring? A collectable edition of the classic Elsa Beskow picture book with a cloth spine.
This is a delightful seasonal story for young children about nature through the year from the world-renowned Swedish author–illustrator Elsa Beskow. Each season brings new adventures for the children of the forest – swimming and berry picking in summer; playing with fairies and harvesting mushrooms in fall; sledging and feeding animal friends in winter. But spring brings the best surprise of all!
This wonderful new edition of Children of the Forest faithfully reproduces Beskow's classic illustrations in a collectable picture book featuring a unique hand-crafted design, premium-quality paper, gold foil signature and a luxurious cloth spine. Create an Elsa Beskow library by collecting all of the gorgeous new editions.
Details:
- Hardcover
- 32 pages
- Reading age: 3 - 5 years
- Dimensions: 11.25 x 0.25 x 9.25 inches
Elsa Beskow books frequently combine reality with elements from the fairy tale world. Children meet elves or goblins, and farm animals talk with people. Central themes are the relationships between children and adults and children's independent initiative. Her work "depicted a happy home atmosphere in the Swedish countryside of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries."
