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The Race of the Birkebeiners Hardback picture book - 2001
by Lunge-Larsen, Lise; Mary Azarian
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When they went into battle they wore no costly armor, just birchbark wrapped around their legs, and so they were called Birkebeiners, which means Birchleggers.” It is the year 1206, and deep in the snow-covered mountains and valleys of Norway the fiercest warriors in the land struggle to ski a baby to safety. They race against the greed and inequity of the rich, against the very weather of Norway. They race as the only way to save a child prince and bring peace to their country.
Here is a true, untold story of both bravery and tenderness. Mary Azarian’s strong, sure woodcuts capture the warmth and ruggedness of medieval life, while Lise Lunge-Larsen’s dramatic telling is direct and mesmerizing.
Here is a true, untold story of both bravery and tenderness. Mary Azarian’s strong, sure woodcuts capture the warmth and ruggedness of medieval life, while Lise Lunge-Larsen’s dramatic telling is direct and mesmerizing.
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- Title The Race of the Birkebeiners
- Author Lunge-Larsen, Lise; Mary Azarian
- Binding Hardback - picture book
- Edition First Edition
- Language EN
- Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Boston
- Date 2001-09-24
- ISBN 9780618103133
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"Set in old Scandinavia, this exciting, snow-swept folktale comes to life in beautifully composed woodcut illustrations. . . . The simple, dramatic language captures the story’s danger and characters’ courage with pacing that is well-suited for read-alouds, but it’s Azarian’s richly colored woodcuts that children will connect with most." Booklist, ALA
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 29 x 24 cm. Quarto. Blue and black boards in dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by the author on the title page. Previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper. Dust jacket flap price is crossed out in pen.
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Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001. Book. Illus. by Mary Azarian Color Woodcuts, and SIGNED by her. Fine. Cloth. Signed by Illustrator(s). First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Signed by Mary Azarian, who won the Caldecott Award for her wonderful color woodcuts in 1999. She deserves it for this book too, a fine Norwegian tale based on a Saga penned in 1264. No flaws and no prior owner marks on the book. The dust jacket has a water stain on the inside, upper corners not visible on the outside. Now protected by a clear, mylar sleeve. .
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.: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001. Please email us if you would like further information or if you would like us to send you a picture of the book. The book i am offering may not have the same cover as the one pictured. they are stock photos from the site. Thanks for looking!. First Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good +/Very Good +. Illus. by Mary Azarian. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.
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Houghton Mifflin , 2001. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, 32 pages. Imagine the bravest, fiercest Norwegian warriors that ever lived, carrying a baby prince across blizzard-wracked mountains to save his life. Picture the babe's mother undergoing a cruel, brutal test to prove her son is indeed the bona fide prince of Norway. A fairy tale? No, this is a true story, based on the account written in 1264 by Sturla Tordsson, about the Middle Ages' most powerful king during what are known as Norway's Golden Years. Norwegian-born author Lise Lunge-Larsen tells the story of this king's miraculous adventure in infancy, while woodcut artist Mary Azarian stunningly depicts the heroism of the birch-bark armored peasant warriors, the Birkebeiners. Mary Azarian was awarded the Caldecott Medal for her lovely woodcut illustrations in Snowflake Bentley. SIGNED BY AZARIAN. Record # 363190
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Houghton Mifflin , 2001. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover, 32 pages. Imagine the bravest, fiercest Norwegian warriors that ever lived, carrying a baby prince across blizzard-wracked mountains to save his life. Picture the babe's mother undergoing a cruel, brutal test to prove her son is indeed the bona fide prince of Norway. A fairy tale? No, this is a true story, based on the account written in 1264 by Sturla Tordsson, about the Middle Ages' most powerful king during what are known as Norway's Golden Years. Norwegian-born author Lise Lunge-Larsen tells the story of this king's miraculous adventure in infancy, while woodcut artist Mary Azarian stunningly depicts the heroism of the birch-bark armored peasant warriors, the Birkebeiners. Mary Azarian was awarded the Caldecott Medal for her lovely woodcut illustrations in Snowflake Bentley. SIGNED BY AZARIAN. Record # 362717
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