"For any child fortunate enough to have this generous book...the kings and heroes of ancient legend will remain forever matter-of-fact; the pictures interpret the text literally and are full of detail and witty observation."-- "Horn Book." "The drawings...are excellent and excitingly evocative."-- "[...]

Considered to be one of the finest works of Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire, children and adults alike will delight in the adventures of Leif the Lucky, son of Erik the Red, who "sailed with his father to Greenland and who later sailed farther west and found the continent of America."
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"Ola" is the enchanting story of a dauntless Norwegian boy who goes skiing one day and has many unusual adventures before returning home. He meets new friends, joins a merry wedding party, encounters a howling dragon, and learns bits of folklore from fishermen in the far north while pulling codf[...]