The Tomten and the Fox

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"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 calm here that warms the winter air."-The New York Times "Charming, hushed illustrations and quiet text together evoke the soft, snowy silence and winter beauty of a Swedish night. The troll Tomten mercifully saves the farm animals from the depredations of Reynard the fox, and manages to assuage the fox's hunger to boot!"-School Library Journal(starred review)

Astrid Lindgren, author of many popular books for children, won the Hans Christian Andersen Award for her contribution to children's literature.1907Astrid Anna Emilia Ericsson born November 14 in N s, near Vimmerby, Sm land; second child of Samuel August and Hanna Ericson (brother Gunnar born 1906; sisters Stina and Ingegerd born 1911 and 1916, respectively). 1914Astrid begins attending school, and N s receives electricity for the first time. 1923Astrid finishes school. 1924Starts work at the Wimmerby Tidningen, the Vimmerby newspaper. 1926Moves to Stockholm for a secretary schooling; son Lars born December 4. 1931Astrid Ericsson marries Sture Lindgren. 1934Birth of daughter Karin, May 21. 1937Starts working again. 1941Lindgren family moves to apartment in Dalagatan in Stockholm, where Astrid Lindgren lives since. 1944Writes her first story, Pippi Longstocking (Pippi L ngstrump) as a birthday present for her daugther; second prize of Raben & Sj t;gren for her first Britt-Mari book. 1945Pippi Longstocking wins first prize at Raben & Sj gren's Best Children's Book Competition, age 6-10. 1946Begins work as children's book editor at Raben & Sj gren. 1947-1948First time in England and the USA. 1949Hamburg publisher Friedrich Oetlinger travels to Stockholm and meets Astrid Lindgren, acquires translation rights to Pippi Longstocking. 1950Nils Holgersson Medal. 1952Sture Lindgren dies. 1956Deutscher Jugendbuchpreis, Sonderpreis (German Prize for Children's Books, Special Award) for Mio, My Son. 1957The Swedish State Award for Writers of High Literary Standard - Astrid Lindgren is the first children's literature author to receive this award. 1958Astrid Lindgren receives the Hans Christian Andersen Medal (International Children's Books aAward), for Rasmus and the Vagabond (for the same book, she also received the Boys' Club of America Junior Book Award. 1959New York Herald Tribune Children's Spring Book Festival Award for Sia lives on Kilimanjaro. 1961Her mother, Hanna Ericsson, dies. 1965Swedish State Award for Literature. 1967Raben & Sj gren and Friedrich Oetinger establish the Astrid-Lindgren Award; Astrid Lindgren travels to the USSR. 1969Astrid's father, Samuel August, dies. 1970Retires as children's books editor from Raben & Sj gren; 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. 1971The Swedish Academy's Gold Medal. 1973Honorary Ph.D. at the Link ping University in Sweden; Lewis Carroll Shelf Award for Pippi Longstocking. 1974Smile Award for Russian adaptation of Karlsson-on-the-Roof. 1975Litteris et artibus (plaque presented by the king of Sweden) and Silvergriffel for The Brothers Lionheart. 1978Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels (German Booksellers' Peace Award) - Astrid Lindgren was the first children's literature author to receive this honor- she donates half the prize money to German children, the other half to Swedish children. Also received- Adelaide-Risto Award (Rome), International Writer's Prize, and an honorary doctor of letters, Leicester University, England. 1979Wilhelm-Hauff-Prize and the International Janusz-Korczak Award for The Brothers Lionheart. 1984Mildred L. Batchelder Award to Viking Press for Roni