TY - BOOK AU - Halse,Leif AU - Jens R., AU - Huntrods,Alexander Knud AU - Halse,Leif AU - Leif,Halse TI - The boys from Vangen: Vangsgutane SN - 9780976054153 PY - 2009/// CY - Waukon, IA PB - Astri My Astri, Pub. KW - Single-parent families KW - Norway KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Fatherless families KW - Farm life KW - Children KW - Conduct of life KW - Children of single parents KW - Widows KW - Norwegian language KW - Readers KW - Study and teaching KW - Bilingual method N1 - "Steinar Floan Halse and Fonna Forlag LL grant to Deb Nelson Gourley, Astri My Astri Publishing, USA, exclusive license to publish in book form, containing both English and Norwegian, the contents of: Vangsgutane Bd.1, bokmal (B.) by author Leif Halse, illustrated by Jens R. Nilssen, Fonna Forlag, Oslo, 1973"--Title page verso; Translated into English by Alexander Knud Huntrods; This translation has been published with the financial support of NORLA (Norwegian Literature Abroad, Fiction & Non-fiction); Includes magazine cover pictures from 1941-2008; Includes bibliographical references (page 164) N2 - The plot of this Norwegian children's series involves Sigrid who loses her husgand in a work accident, and the sons of the Vangen farm, Steinar and Kåre, who have to take over the role of their father. Their neighbor, Strong-Ola Bakken, gives Sigrid and her boys a hand when needed. Near the farm lies Skjorhagen, where Martin and his son, Larris, live. They cause many problems for the Vangen boys' mother Sigrid ER -