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Author:

Osborne, Mary Pope.

Title:

Favorite Norse myths / retold by Mary Pope Osborne ; illustrated by Troy Howell.

Publisher:

Scholastic,

Copyright Date:

2001

Description:

vii, 87 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

Subject:

Mythology, Norse.--Juvenile literature.
Mythology, Norse.

Other Authors:

Howell, Troy, ill.

Notes:

Originally published in 1996. Includes bibliographical references (p. 87) and index.

Contents:

Creation: the nine worlds -- Odin's three quests -- The magic stallion -- How Thor got his hammer -- Loki's children -- The giant's bride -- The golden apples -- The fairest feet -- Spell of the giant king -- Marriage of the ice maiden -- The giant's cauldron -- Thor and the clay giant -- The death of Balder -- Twilight of the gods.

Summary:

A collection of rarely retold tales from the "Elder Edda" and the "Younger Edda," two six-hundred-year-old Norse manuscripts.

ISBN:

9780590480475 (pbk.) :
0590480472 (pbk.) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)46541722
(OCoLC)46980137

Locations:

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)

CDPC522 -- Solon Public Library (Solon)