Customer Reviews

The Land of Long Ago

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I had really high expectations for this book. We have a lot of other books by Elsa Beskow and we love them dearly. Dragons and knights and a princess! I thought it could only be wonderful. Don't get me wrong, it was alright, but I didn't find it as enchanting as her other stories. That being said, my 4.5 and 2.5 year old children LOVE it and have been asking to read it every night at bedtime. They are the real critics here anyway. I give it 3 stars, they'd probably rate it 5 stars, so I'm rounding out to four stars.

There is a dragon who is slain in this book. His head is chopped off by a knight. My 4 year old has been running around pretending to chop off his toy animal's heads.

This is a lovely book with a great adventure that my kids love! It's a bit silly, a little serious, and a lot of fun!

Really a great story with wonderful pictures! a treasure. A little lengthy for a child with a short attention span but really a book worth having!

My children adore this book and ask me to read it to them at least once a day. I have to say I am always happy to read it. The illustrations are beautiful and imaginative and the writing of this author is a joy to read. I love the imagination her books incite in my children and this story does not disappoint. My boys are 3 and 5 yr old. My 5 yr old always sits through this story with no problem and often wants it read again as soon as we're finished. My 3 yr old can even manage to sit through the entire story but will occasionally sit on the floor and play quietly while I read, only coming back up to see the new pictures as the pages are turned. I would recommend this book to any parent that isn't afraid to include a little healthy fantasy and imagination into their childs life.

This story has it all. Imagination, magic, gnomes, dragons (both good and evil), a princess in distress, a prince, trolls, kindness with a little sprinkling of evil-vanquishing-violence - my 4 year old boy is really into dragons right now and this story is his current favorite. The illustrations are beautiful and it is just the right length. What a wonderful vintage storybook....

We really like this book, especially since our son is going through a long knights phase (I actually hope this phase will last for years to come!), it is beautifully written and the pictures are just lovley, ...but what else would one expect from Elsa Beskow!