Children's books for a family trip to Norway
A family reading list for Norway, full of beloved local classics and gentle Nordic humour.
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Try Hermo freeA story set where you are headed can turn the journey into part of the trip. For Norway, that means children's books by authors and illustrators from Norway, starting with When the Robbers Came to Cardamom Town by Thorbjørn Egner. Below are three books worth packing, each available in English with links to find them at Bookshop.org or Amazon.
A beloved Norwegian town story with humour and gentle moral lessons.
An old woman keeps shrinking to tiny size and having comic adventures.
A famous tooth-brushing story featuring two tiny trolls who live in a boy's teeth.
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