The Cat on the Dovrefell: A Christmas Tale

by George Webbe Dasent

Book Overview

A very large cat may be the key to saving Christmas in this wryly humorous retelling of the Norwegian fairy tale The Cat on the Dovrefjell.

When a man captures a great white bear, he is determined to bring it as a gift to the king of Finnmark. But to do that, first he must cross the Dovrefells--a mountain covered in snow and ice--in the middle of winter. On Christmas Eve, he reaches the house of a man named Halvor, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1534466606
• ISBN13: 9781534466609
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 10.9" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3