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The Tomten Paperback – October 6, 1997

by Astrid Lindgren (Author)

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This classic story of the Tomten’s nocturnal visits to all of the residents of wintry farm has been reminding children of the promise of spring for decades.

“The friendly troll Tomten will be a welcome visitor. . . . Highly recommended.”—School Library Journal (starred review)

“Wiberg’s lovely, full-color paintings convey the hushed atmosphere of night in the Swedish countryside and also the sweet charms of the Tomten. . . . The gentle story with its eye-filling scenes is an apt choice for a bedtime read-aloud.”—Publishers Weekly

“A picture book of rare distinction.”—The Chicago Tribune

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Reading age

4 - 8 years
Print length

32 pages
Language

English
Grade level

Preschool - 3
Dimensions

9.75 x 0.15 x 7.75 inches
Publisher

Puffin Books
Publication date

October 6, 1997
ISBN-10

0698115910
ISBN-13

978-0698115910
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About the Author

Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002) was born in Sweden. After college, she worked in a newspaper office and a Swedish publishing house. Her most famous and beloved book, Pippi Longstocking, was originally published in Swedish in 1950 and was later translated into many other languages. It was followed by two sequels, Pippi Goes on Board and Pippi in the South Seas. Ms. Lindgren had a long, prolific career, writing more than 100 picture books, poems, short stories, plays, screenplays, and novels. In 1958, she won the Hans Christian Andersen Medal, the highest international award in children’s literature.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Puffin Books; Reissue edition (October 6, 1997)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 32 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0698115910
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0698115910
Reading age ‏ : ‎ 4 - 8 years
Grade level ‏ : ‎ Preschool - 3
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.75 x 0.15 x 7.75 inches

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Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002) created the character of Pippi Longstocking to entertain her daughter. Lindgren was awarded the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for her contribution to international children’s literature.

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Zahmbomb

Misleading listing

Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2019

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Intended to buy the Astrid Lingren Tomten. The hardcover format link from the paperback version incorrectly redirected to the item I received: a completely different book, and poorly printed. I bought this for Christmas months ago and so didn't realize, as I wasn't about to read it in the middle of summer. Usually I'm very careful about editions, but mistakenly trusted Amazon's ability to link items correctly... Super annoying.
Note: this was purchased directly through Amazon, NOT a third party seller.

17 people found this helpful

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Plume45

Secret Protector of the Old Farm

Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2015

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Astrid Lindgren, creator of irrepressible Pippi Longstocking, here shares the Scandinavian legend about a kindly winter dwarf who secretly inhabits and protects isolated farms. This independent little fellow wears shaggy clothes, a long white beard (hundreds of years’ growth) and a long red stocking cap. Now you must understand that no human being has ever seen the Tomten, but in winter sharp eyes might detect his tiny footprints in the snow. Only children could see him, but then—alas--they are always asleep when he peeps in, so they can’t be counted as believers.

There is no real plot in this first story, which serves as a gentle introduction to beloved Nordic lore, lovingly adapted from a poem by Viktor Rydberg. Like a secret benefactor the Tomten paces his lonely rounds to the farm’s various buildings--soothing the animals by giving them pleasant dreams of future spring and summer, some straw or a midnight snack. A few repetitive phrases will sound rhythmically on the listener’s ear. Despite the lack of action and conflict, the gently-told tale will touch those who are young at heart and the delightful pastel illustrations by Harald Wiberg will charm children and adults alike. Every quaint old farm needs a loyal Tomten to ensure smooth, nocturnal operations.

43 people found this helpful

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Amanda L

Cute

Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2020

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Astrid Lindgren- the author of the indomitable and appealing Pippi Longstocking- adapted a poem into a book format. This was, I understand, translated into English from her native Swedish. If you keep that in mind, the repetitive paragraphs and lack of a story-line make more sense, and my children very much enjoyed listening. It made a wonderful, slow, quiet bedtime story. The pictures are similarly calm, and I can’t quite tell if they are actually painted to be slightly out of focus or if the printing was off. I think it’s on purpose, but it’s just slight enough that it’s hard to pinpoint. It’s also only a couple of pages long- for some reason, I understood this to be “the adventures of the Tomten,” instead it is a night of his wandering and remembering that “winters come and winters go, summers come and summers go...” But if you know all of this, and know that it is a beautiful and dreamy book, then you will enjoy it, too!

6 people found this helpful

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Great holiday story

Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2018

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I bought this as a Yule Gift for My step son. He loved the story, and we used it as our elf on the shelf. I found a tomten to go with the story.

9 people found this helpful

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E. McCarthy

Creepy

Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2017

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I thought the illustration was scary at times especially the scene where it's eyes are glowing yellow. Intended to read this to my two year old but don't want to give her nightmares.

9 people found this helpful

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Annie

Clumsy words and pictures

Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2019

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I wanted to like this book, but I found the wording clumsy, I do know it is a translation but i found it lacking. The pictures were also disappointing, and seemed to be printed on regular printer paper! I much preferred the book “The Tomten” by Astrid Lindgren.

4 people found this helpful

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Not much story

Reviewed in the United States on September 18, 2021

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There is not much story to the his book. A tomten (or gnome) walks around the farm at night in the middle of winter and reminds everyone that summer will be coming soon. The book is more about the wonder of a tomten living on your farm and guarding it at night than it is about a plotline. We picked up this book for our Europe unit for the Nordic section since this book originates in Sweden I believe. It is fun to connect this to garden gnomes.

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A must read

Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2017

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A beautiful story and excellent English translation that keeps the mood of the quiet natural magic of the story. Especially for children but will be enjoyed by anyone. The cover picture is a generic picture, not from the book. Is fun on Kindle to make the pictures larger. Be sure that your brightness is a little higher for this book.

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Alison Kay

A delight!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 27, 2013

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I remember reading this book to classes of reception age children, and to my own boys, several years ago. I loved the atmospheric artwork, and the quiet repetitive story - and this seemed to be absorbed by the children. Although nothing much seems to happen as the tomten makes his nightly rounds it provides a window into a magical world of hard winters and thick snow. At the end we glimpse the coming of summer in the tomten's thoughts.

I found it very useful to have a story which is set in midwinter, but doesn't mention Christmas. In Britain snow and cold weather usually occurs in January and it is good to have stories which reflect the one without limiting it to Christmas. My grandchildren have loved it this winter - snuggling down to hear the story of the tomten in the same way as their parents did!

7 people found this helpful

Melanie

Absorbing and beautiful

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 26, 2016

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This is a gentle story but very satisfying in its location and in the walk around the remote farm in the depth of winter. It's been a longstanding firm favourite with my sons (aged 2 & 6) and we bought this second copy for an old friend's daughter. We feel that it's a special gift. Let's just hope they agree!

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Surge

Lovely book for cosy winter bedtimes

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 6, 2018

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This was my favourite book as a child, but my copy was my brother's before being handed on to me, is well over 40 years old, and is fragile to say the least. So got this lovely new copy so that I can enjoy it with my small son. He loves it.

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EDMeerkat

Perfect winter story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 2, 2020

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Magical lyrical story. Daughter was enchanted and particularly lovely to read at Christmas time

Wendy B

Very disappointed

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 18, 2019

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Very disappointed. Didn’t like this book, dull in every sense. Donated to local library as I didn’t want to give it to my granddaughter as a gift.

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