The boys from Vangen : Vangsgutane / written by Leif Halse ; illustrated by Jens R. Nilssen ; translated into English by Alexander Knud Huntrods.
Material type: TextLanguage: English, Norwegian (Bokmål) Original language: Norwegian (Bokmål) Publication details: Waukon, IA : Astri My Astri, Pub., ©2009.Description: 176 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780976054153
- 0976054159
- Vangsgutane. English
- Single-parent families -- Norway -- Juvenile fiction
- Fatherless families -- Norway -- Juvenile fiction
- Farm life -- Norway -- Juvenile fiction
- Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
- Children of single parents -- Norway -- Juvenile fiction
- Widows -- Norway -- Juvenile fiction
- Norwegian language -- Readers
- Norwegian language -- Study and teaching -- Bilingual method
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Fiction | HALSE LEIF | Available | 33111010472583 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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.
"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 bibliographical references (page 164).
Includes magazine cover pictures from 1941-2008.
Text in English and in Norwegian.
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.