In this retelling of the Norwegian tale, a traveler from Finnmark and his polar bear help scare away the trolls that harass Halvor and his family every Christmas Eve.
Illustrations depict the various types of angels that take care of children in their everyday lives, such as The Wake-Up Angel, The Music Angel, and The Pajama and Bathrobe Angel.
At the request of a kind duke's loving daughter, La Colomba, a pure white bird, braves the bitter winter of the northern Italian mountains to sing for the gravely ill man.
Embarrassed to introduce his friend to his old-fashioned Italian grandmother, a young boy gains a new appreciation of her when he finds how well she and his friend get along.
Strega Nona fills her basket with two dozen tomatoes from her garden that she intends to donate to the convent, but her effort is challenged by her mischievous goat and her haphazard assistant, Big Anthony.
An illustrated retelling of seventeen parables used by Jesus Christ in his teachings. Includes "The Good Samaritan, " "The Lost Sheep, " The Laborers in the Vineyard, " and "The Prodigal Son."