Saturday, 27 June 1998, Washington, D.C.: Bibliography from Exhibit
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English Translations of Norwegian Children's Books
A bibliography for, "Trolls, Mrs. Pepperpot and Beyond: Celebrating Norwegian Children's Books,"
a traveling exhibit by Capital Children's Museum, Washington, D.C.
Bob Evans, Curator
Read a description of the exhibit.
Contents
English Translations of Norwegian Children's Books
Nina Ring Aamundsen: Two short and one long.
Houghton Mifflin, NY. 90.
Hans Aanerud: Lisbeth Longfrock/ Little Sidsel Longskirt.
Boston, USA 07. Dent, London 40.
Hans Aanerud: Sidsel Longskirt and Solve Suntrap.
Philadelphia, USA. London.
Hans Aanerud: Solve Suntrap.
GB 26.
Rune Belsvik: Kissing in the wind.
Groundwood Books, Can. 89.
Haakon Bjørklid: The very hungry cat.
Menthuen, GB 74.
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson: A happy boy.
Macmillan, NY 32.
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson: Sunny hill.
Macmillian, NY 32.
Else Breen: Martin Meeker and Pauline Lagrande.
Annick Press, Can. 89.
Tor Åge Bringssværd: The blue people and the lonesome people.
Scand. Review 79.
Reidar Brotkorb: The gold coin.
Harcourt Brace, NY 60.
Jan Magnus Bruheim: Kauto from Kautokeino.
Noregs boklag, NO 66.
Berit Brænne: Boy of the mountains.
Harcourt Brace, NY 60.
Berit Brænne: Little Brother Tom.
Harcourt Brace, NY 60.
Berit Brænne: Little sister, Tai-mi.
Harcourt Brace, NY 64. Macmillan, NY 64.
Berit Brænne: Reindeer boy.
Methun, GB 72.
Berit Brænne: Trina finds a brother.
Harcourt Brace, NY 62. Macmillian, GB 63.
Haakon Christensen: Little Bruin and Per.
Abingdon, Cokesbury 62.
Lars Saabye Christensen: Herman.
White Pine Press, NY 92.
Rolf Døcker: Marius.
Brockhampton Press, GB 70.
Thorbjørn Egner: Karius and Bakus.
Bobbs-Merill, USA 62. Thomas Nelson & Sons, 63.
Thorbjørn Egner: The singing town.
Methuen, GB 59. Macmillian, NY 59.
Thorbjørn Egner: When the robbers came to Cardamon Town.
ISBN 82-02-13977-5. Cappelen 1993.
Paul Lorck Eidem: Peter Magpie.
Murray, GB 47. Musson, Can. 47.
Paul Lorck Eidem: Peter Magpie and Clarence Crow.
Murray, GB 49.
Halvor Floden: Frick.
Augsburg Publ. House, USA 26.
Babbis Friis-Baastad: Don't take Teddy.
Schribners, NY 67.
Babbis Friis-Baastad: Kjersti.
Branner & Korch, 62.
Babbis Friis-Baastad: Wanted. A horse.
Harcourt Brace, NY 72.
Babbis Friis-Baastad: Word of honour.
Max Parrish, GB 60.
Jostein Gaardner: The Christmas mystery.
GB 96.
Jostein Gaardner: The Solitary mystery.
GB 96.
Jostein Gardner: Sophie's world.
Orion, GB 95.
Eva Glad: Peter and Kari.
Allen & Unwin, 64.
Klaus Hagerup: Kristin and Håkon and the Olympic torch.
Aschehoug 1993.
Leif Hamre: Blue two-bail out.
Univ of London Press, GB 61. Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Can. 61.
Leif Hamre: Contact lost.
Brockhampton Press, GB 65. Harcourt Brace, NY 68.
Leif Hamre: Edge of disaster.
Harcourt Brace, NY 61.
Leif Hamre: Leap into danger.
Harcourt Brace, NY 60.
Leif Hamre: Operation Arctic.
Brockhampton Press, GB 73. Atheum Publishing, USA 73.
Leif Hamre: Otter three two calling.
Univ. of London Press, GB 60. Fitzhenry & Whiteside, Can. 60.
Leif Hamre: Perilous wings.
Harcourt Brace, NY 62.
Leif Hamre: Ready for take off.
Univ. of London Press, GB 62. Fitzhenry &Whiteside, Can. 62.
Marie Hamsun: A Norwegian family.
Lippincott, USA 34.
Marie Hamsun: A Norwegian farm.
Lippincott, USA 33.
Tormod Haugen: Keeping secrets.
Harper Collins Publishers, USA 94.
Tormod Haugen: The nightbirds.
Delacorte Press 82. Williaem Collins, GB 85.
Tormod Haugen: Zeppelin.
Turton & Chambers, GB 91.
Torill Thorstad Hauger: Captured by the Vikings.
Breakwater, Can 91.
Finn Havrevold: Maren's little owl.
Abelard Shuman: GB 60.
Finn Havrevold: A seat in the park.
NRK 70.
Finn Havrehold: Summer adventrue.
Abelard Shuman, GB 61.
Finn Havrevold: Undertow.
Athenum, USA 68.
Stig Holmås: Apache pass.
Spindlewood, GB 94.
Stif Holmås: Fire wagons.
Spindlewood, GB 95.
Stig Holmås: Son-of-Thunder.
Spindlewood, GB 90. Harbinger House, USA 93.
Zinken Hopp: The magic Chalk.
David McKay, NY 60.
Marit Kaldhol/Wenche Øyen: Goodbye, Rune.
Breakwater, Can. 87.
Trygve Bj. Klingsheim: Julius.
Exley Publ., 1983.
Håkon Lie: The Squirrel Boy.
Albert Whitman, usa 50. Frederick Mueller, GB 68.
Karin Lorentzen: Lanky Longlegs.
Dent, GB 82. Atheneum, NY 83.
Johan Lunde: Talks with children.
O.J. Haukeness.
Mette Newth: The abduction.
Simon & Schuster, GB 89 / Farrar, Straus and Giroux, USA 89 / Collins publishers, Can 89.
Mette Newth: The little viking.
Brockhampton Press, GB 73. Western Orienting House, USA 73.
Mette Newth: Stories from Norway.
BBC, GB 74.
Philip Newth: Roly goes exploring.
Collins, GB 80. Philomel, USA 80.
Mette Newth: Tiny Terror.
Hudder & Stoghton, GB 75.
Harald Nordberg: Sofie and the rainbow.
Dent, USA 78.
Harald Nordberg: Sofie and the tree.
Dent, USA 79.
Johanna Bugge Olsen: Stray dog.
Constable Young Books, GB 66.
Alf Prøysen: Christmas Eve at Santa's.
(Utg. i Sverige i 1993)
Alf Prøysen: Down the mousehole.
McGraw Hll Book Comp, USA 65. Hutchinson Junior Books, GB 68.
Alf Prøysen: Little old Mrs. Peppperpot.
Hutchinson Junior Books, GB 59. Puffin paperback Can; Aus; New Zea; GB, USA 77. Beaver Books, GB 84. Sparrow Books, 84.
Alf Prøysen: Mrs. Pepperpot again.
Hutchinson Junior Books, GB 60. Sparrow Books, 83.
Alf Prøysen: Mrs. Pepperpot and the bilberries.
Randon, GB 91.
Alf Prøysen: Mrs. Pepperpot in the magic wood.
Puffing Paperbacks, Penguin Books, Can, New Zeal.
Alf Prøysen: Mrs. Pepperpot to the rescue.
Hutchinson Junior Books, GB 63. Penquin, GB 80. Puffin Books, 84.
Alf Prøysen: Mrs. Pepperpot's busy day.
Hutchinson Junior Books, GB 70.
Alf Prøysen: Mrs. Pepperpot's Christmas.
Hutchinson, GB 72. Penguin, GB 81.
Alf Prøysen: Mrs. Pepperpot's outing.
Beaver Books, GB 88. Puffin Books, 85.
Alf Prøysen: Mrs. Pepperpot's second omnibus.
Hutchinson Junior Books, GB 75.
Alf Prøysen: Mrs. Pepperpot's Year.
Puffin Books, 84.
Alf Prøysen: Mrs. Pepperpot and the macaroni / Mrs. Pepperpot at the bazar / Mrs. Pepperpot minds the baby / Mrs.Pepperpot and the hidden treasure.
Hutchinson, London 87.
Alf Prøysen: The town that forgot it was Christmas.
Burke, GB 65. Toronto, Can.
Ragde, Anne B.: Kristin and Håkon on the trail.
Universitetsforlaget, 1993
Barabra Ring: Peik.
Little Brown & Co, NY 32.
Barbara Ring: The Tomboy Cousin.
Stokes, USA 27. Harrap, GB 27.
Bjørn Rongen: Anna of the bears.
Nethuen, GB 65/66. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, NY 67.
Bjørn Rongen: Olaf in the echoing cave.
McGraw-Hill, USA 61. Methuen, GB 62.
Constance Weil Schram: Olaf Lofoten Fisherman
Codmus, NY 40. Longmans Green & Co, GB 40.
Amund Schrøder: The bird that got left behind.
Methuen, 59. Criterion Books, USA 68.
Gabriel Scott: Kari. A story of Kari Supper from Lindeland.
Cadmus, NY 40. Doubleday, NY 31.
Sigurd Senje: Escape.
Harcourt Brace, NY 64.
Aimeé Sommerfelt: Miriam.
Criterion Books, NY 63.
Aimeé Sommerfelt: My name is Pablo.
Criterion Books, NY 64.
Aimeé Sommerfelt: No easy way.
Abelard Shumann, GB 67.
Aimeé Sommerfelt: The road to Agra.
Univ. of London Press, GB 61. Criterion Books, NY 61, Scholastic Book Services, USA 64.
Aimeé Sommerfelt: The white bungalow.
UP of London Press, GB 63.
Torvald Sund: The snowstorm.
Breakwater, Can 85.
Ingvald Svinaas: Tom in the mountains.
Oxfod Univ. Press, GB 61.
Frithjof Sælen: Snorrie the Seal.
Blackie &Son, GB 61.
Jo Tenfjord: Beauty queen.
Abelard Schuman, GB 61.
Jo Tenfjord: A husband for Hannah.
Abelard Schuman, 63.
Jo Tenfjord: Olav's potato field.
Silver Burdett & Co, 68.
Vá, Leong: A letter to the king.
HArper Collins, 1991.
Anne-Cath. Vestly: Aurora and Sokrates.
Kestrel BOooks, 75. Thomas Y. Crowell, USA 77.
Anne-Cath. Vestly: Aurora and the little blue car.
Longman Young Books, GB 74.
Anne-Cath .Vestly: Aurora in Holland.
Kestrel Books, 76.
Anne-Cath. Vestly: Hello Aurora.
Longman Young Books, 74. Puffin Books 77, 86. Thomas Y. Crowell, USA 74. Scholastic Book Services, USA.
Anne-Cath. Vestley: 8 children and a truck / 8 children move house / Eight children in winter / Eight children in a winter / Eight children and Rosie / Eight children and a Bulldozer.
Methuen, 73,77/74/75/77/79.
Per Waage: Seal hunter.
Coward McCann, NY 50's.
Dikken Zwilgmeyer: Four cousins.
Lothrop, Lee, Shephard & Co., USA 20's.
Dikken Zwilgmeyer: Inger Johannes's Lively doings / Little Northerners / What happened to Inger Johanne.
Lothrop, Lee, Shephard & Co., USA.
Dikken Zwilgmeyer: Johnny Blosson.
Pilgrim Press, USA.
Ødegård, Knut: Eagle's blood.
Penuma Press, 1987.
Fairy Tale Books
Asbjørnsen & Moe: East of the sun and west of the moon.
Macmillian, NY 53. Constable & Co, GB 70.
Asbjørnsen og Moe: Folk and fairy tales.
A.C. Armstrong & son, NY 1884.
Asbjørrnsen & Moe: Folk and Fairytales collection.
Macmillian, NY 53.
Asbjørensen og Moe: The man who kept house.
Macmillian, NY 1992.
Asbjørensen og Moe: Tales of the norseman: folk tales.
Gyldenal, 1985.
Asbjørensen og Moe: A time for Trolls.
Tanum-Norli, NO 77.
Bade, Helen & John: Norwegian fairytales.
Am. Scand. Found., NY 24.
Brækstad, H.L.: The squire's bride.
Athenum, NY 75.
d'Aulaire, Ingri & Edgar Parin: Norwegian fairytales.
The Viking Press, NY 69.
Dasent, George Webb: East of the sun and west of the moon.
Dover Publ.; Constable, NY 70.
Dasent, George Webb: Popular tales from the north.
Johnson Reprint Corp., USA 70.
Dasent, George Webb: The 3 billygoats' gruff.
Harcourt Brace, NY 57.
Dasent, George Webb: The Three Billy-Goats Gruff.
Scholastic Book Services, 74.
Dasent, George Webb: The Three Billygoats Gruff.
The Bodley Head, GB 71.
Haviland, Virginai: Favourite fairytales told in Norway.
Little, Brown & Co, USA 67.
Kittelsen, Theodor: Soria Moria Castle: the adventure of the Ash Lad.
Nils Hauff's eftf., 1988.
Other English Translations of Norwegian Children's Books
Alnæs, Karsten: The Boy from Duck River.
Translated by Rune Engebretsen; North Star Press, Minnesota, 1995. ISBN #0-87839-102-9
Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen and Moe, Jørgen: Norwegian Folk Tales.
Translated by Pat Shaw and Carl Norman; Pantheon Books, New York, 1982. ISBN#0-394-71054-1.
Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen and Moe, Jørgen: Norwegian Folk Tales, Volume One and Volume Two.
Translated by Pat Shaw and Carl Norman; Grondahl Dreyes, Oslo, 1994. ISBN#82-504-1915-4.
Bringsværd, Tor Åge: Phantoms and Fairies.
Translated by Pat Shaw; Tanum-Norli, Oslo, 1979. ISBN #82-518-0853-7.
Egner, Thørnbjorn: Karius and Baktus.
Translated by Mike Sevig and Turi Olderheim; Skandisk, Minneapolis, 1994. ISBN #0-9615394-1-0.
Gaarder, Jostein: The Christmas Mystery.
Translated by Elizabeth Rokkan; Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, New York, 1996.
Gaarder, Jostein: Hello? Is Anybody There?
Translated by James Anderson; Orion Children's Books, UK, 1997.
Gaarder, Jostein: Sofie's World.
Translated by Paulette Moller; Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, New York, 1994.
Gaarder, Jostein: The Solitaire Mystery.
Translated by Sarah Jane Hails; Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, New York 1996.
Hagebrink, Bodil: The Children From Tibet (Barna fra Tibet).
Translated by P. Crampton; Blackie and Son, London, 1990.
Hagerup, Inger: Helter Skelter.
Translated by Joan Tate. Pelham, London, 1979. ISBN #0-720711983.
Hagerup, Inger: Where the Frogs Fly (Der Froskene flyr).
Translated by Joan Tate; NRK, Oslo, 1970.
Hauger, Torill Thorstad: Captured by Vikings.
Translated by Louis Muizner; Skandisk, Minneapolis, 1995. ISBN #0-9615394-9-6.
Holmås, Stig: Apache Pass.
Translated by Anne Born; Harbinger House, Boulder Colorado, 1996. ISBN #1-57140-010-9.
Holmås, Stig: Fire Wagons.
Translated by Anne Born; Spindlewood, Devon,
Great Britain, 1995. ISBN#0-907349-43-9.Holmås, Stig: The People of the Rising Sun.
Translated by Anne Born; Spindelwood, Devon, Great Britain, 1996. ISBN #0-907349-38-2.
Hveberg, Harald: Of Gods and Giants: Norse Mythology.
Translated by Pat Shaw; Aschehoug, Oslo, 1990. ISBN #82-03-16442-0.
Moe, Jørgen: see Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen.
Murstad, Tomm: Skiing with Per and Kari (På ski med Per og Kari).
Chicago Press, Chicago, 1955.
Newth, Mette: The Dark Light (Det mørke lyset).
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 1998. ISBN #0-374-31701-1.
Prøysen, Alf: The Goat that Learned to Count.
Webster Publishing Co. St. Louis, 1961.
Prøysen, Alf: Mrs. Pepperpot Omnibus.
Leopard Books, Random House, London, 1995. ISBN #0-7529-0131-1.
Prøysen, Alf: Mrs. Pepperpot Stories.
Red Fox Books, Random House, London, 1992 ISBN #0-09-914121-3
Prøysen, Alf: Stories for Christmas.
Beaver Books, Arrow Books limited, London, 1990 ISBN #0-09-969430-7.
Prøysen, Alf: Stories for Summer.
Beaver Books, Arrow Books limited, london, 1990. ISBN #0-09-969050-0.
Undset, Sigrid: Happy Times in Norway.
Knopf, New York, 1942/1956.
Undset, Sigrid: Sigurd and His Brave Companions (Sigurn og hans tapre Venner).
Knopf, New York, 1943.
Separate Printed English Translations Available for Books Accompanying Exhibit
Austrem, Liv Marie: Twin Brother (Tvillingbror).
Sample translation by James Anderson.
Austrem, Liv Marie: Twin Sister (Tvillingsøster).
Sample translation by James Anderson.
Bringsværd, Tor Åge: The Northern Mythology (vår gamle gudel"re), Volumes 1 to 3.
Sample translation by Robert Ferguson.
Fretheim, Tor: War, Peace and Butterflies (Kriegen, freden og sommer-fuglene).
Sample translaton by Sverre Lynstad.
Haugen, Tomrod: George and Gloria (Georg og Gloria).
Sample translation by Anne Born.
Hovland, Ragnard: Motorcycle in the Dark (Ein Motorsykkel I natta).
Sample translation by Sverre Lyngstad.
Løveid, Cecilie: The Right Wind (Den riktige vind).
Sample translation by Ann Born.
Løveid, Cecile: Little Millie and Little Mollie in the Deep Woods Theater (Lille Pille og Lille Fille I den dype skogs teater).
Sample translation by Anne Born.
Newth, Eirik: The Quest for Truth (Jakten på sannheten)
Sample translation by James Anderson.
Økland, Einar: Walkman: Twelve Days of Music (Walkman: tolv dagar musikk).
Sample translation by author.
Osland, Erna: Crosswords (Kryssord).
Sample translation by Jo Ann Bennell.
Scheen, Kjersti: The Moon Fairy (Månefeen).
Sample translation by Jo Ann Bennell.
Sortland, Bjørn: Red, Blue and a Little Bit of Yellow (Raudt, blatt of littl gult).
Sample translation by James Anderson.
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