{"product_id":"tomten-saves-christmas-a-swedish-christmas-tale","title":"Tomten Saves Christmas: A Swedish Christmas Tale","description":"This gorgeous Nordic tale, in the tradition of Astrid Lindgren’s Tomten Tales and Ulf Stark’s The Yule Tomte and the Little Rabbits, will have readers of all ages believing in the magic of Christmas. This is one to pull out every year and treasure!\nGrumpy old Farm Tomten just wants to stay at home and avoid the terrible Christmas celebrations altogether. His cousin, Yule Tomten, is up to his ears in Christmas presents and thousands of children waiting. With just two more days till Christmas, will an invite for Christmas coffee be enough to melt Farm Tomten’s grumpy heart so they can save Christmas together?\n\nIf you’re looking for a fun, Scandinavian Christmas tale with crunching snow, red cottages and the traditional Swedish character of the farm gnome, or tomten, you’ve found the right book. Tomten Saves Christmas will bring a smile to kids, young and old, and it reminds us that it’s never too late to change your old ways, with a little Christmas magic and the company of a good friend.\n\nWritten and translated by award-winning Swedish author Linda Liebrand, Tomten Saves Christmas has been illustrated by Austeja Slavickaite Wojtczak.\n\nBuy the book today, and bring a little bit of Swedish Christmas home.\n\n________________________________________________\n\nPraise for Tomten Saves Christmas:\n\n     \"Cute story, beautiful illustrations. This will become an heirloom for the holiday season.\"\n     \"This is a charming tale about a Tomte (Swedish Elf) whose world is only the farm he protects when he is invited to Norrland to help his cousin the JulTomte - Santa. Fun to read this clever story with memorable pictures.\"\n     \"My kids really enjoy this book! We read it more than once. It brings you on an adventure through the magic of Christmas and Swedish culture.\"\n     \"Reading Tomten saves Christmas brought me back to my Christmases growing up in Sweden. It's a very heartwarming book with beautiful illustrations.\"\n     \"This is a great, captivating children story and I am especially happy to learn about swedish culture in English writing.\"\n     \"This is a wonderful story about the nordic Tomte\"\n\nTomten Saves Christmas is also available in the following languages: Swedish (svenska): Tomten räddar julen English: Tomten Saves Christmas Bilingual Swedish–English Edition: Tomten Saves Christmas – Tomten räddar julen German (Deutsch): Tomten rettet Weihnachten\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1913382036\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1913382036.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Liebrand, Linda\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43332020502589,"sku":"BVV.1913382036.A","price":7.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1913382036-0.jpg?v=1783570866","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/tomten-saves-christmas-a-swedish-christmas-tale","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}