Astrid Lindgren,Harald Wiberg
"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)
Childrens,Picture Books,Childrens,Holiday,Christmas,Animals,Fantasy,Cultural,Sweden,European Literature,Scandinavian Literature,European Literature,Swedish Literature,Classics,Folklore
The Tomten and the Fox