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Ten-year-old Annemarie Johansen and her best friend, Ellen rosen, often think about the way life was before the war. It's now 1943, and their life in Copenhagen is filled with school, food shortages, and the Nazi soldiers marching in their town. The Nazis
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Forward: We, the women of Circle 9, wish to express our thanks to the many women in the Elk Horn and Kimballton community who are so generously sharing their prized recipes with us in this cook book. Our thanks to the many Business and Professional Friends of our cook book who are helping us realize our dream of a cook book of good recipes from this area. A special thanks to the girls who typed our recipes. These were Mrs. Verdell Hansen, Mrs. Lenora Fredericksen, Miss Barbara Sue Larsen, and Mr
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An exploration of the winter wonders and entangled histories of Scandinavia’s northernmost landscapes—now back in print with a new afterword by the author After many years of travel in the Nordic countries—usually preferring to visit during the warmer months—Barbara Sjoholm found herself drawn to Lapland and Sápmi one winter just as mørketid, the dark time, set in. What ensued was a wide-ranging journey that eventually spanned three winters, captivatingly recounted in The Palace of the Snow Quee
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The classic story of “The Princess and the Pea” gets a fresh twist in this Russian spin on the beloved fairy tale! The classic tale of a princess and a pea gets a fresh twist in this fourth book of the Once Upon a World board book series. With Russia as the backdrop, and stunning artwork from illustrator Dinara Mirtalipova, whose art style draws from Russian folklore, this is the same beloved story but it’s totally reimagined. Once Upon a World offers a multicultural take on the fairy tales we a
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Over 50 heart-warming recipes perfect for colder months, from wholesome soups and stews to delicious desserts like pumpkin pie and much more. A blustery fall evening calls for a large helping of something hearty, nourishing, and warming—and pumpkin is the ideal ingredient to deliver some warming comfort. Filling enough to leave you satisfied but ultimately a highly nutritious vegetable, it is a wonderful ingredient for use in many meals and desserts and the perfect tonic for a cold gray day. Roa
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Kirsten Sevig is an illustrator from Minnesota who loves to paint cozy things in cafés while sipping warm beverages, and that is basically what “hygge” is all about. With straw goats, candles, heart baskets, wool socks, waffles, and more, these notes evoke Scandinavian hygge. To see what Kirsten is making now, you can follow her on Instagram. @kirstensevig This elegant folio includes 8 cards (2 each of 4 designs), and 8 envelopes. Cards are printed on textured, recycled paper, and are blank insi
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An exciting holiday classic for children that is a must-have for any home! It's Christmas Eve, have you been good? Santa's packed up all the presents and is headed your way! With the help of a certain red-nosed reindeer, Santa will fly south from his home in the North Pole, over the ice and the snow, right over your town, all the way to your house. Do you hear footsteps on the roof…? Santa Is Coming to My House marks the start of a holiday regional series that showcases your state's many landmar
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Over 45 Projects and Quick Ideas for Beautiful Decorations & Gifts Make the festive season really special and create these stunning step-by-step projects with a Scandinavian flavor, including cards, decorations, garlands, and cozy gifts. Christiane Bellstedt Myers has developed a beautiful collection of Christmas essentials using natural materials and traditional color themes of red and white, and green and silver. The four chapters cover a wide range of crafts, including collage, embroidery, se
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Expert crafter and lover of Scandinavian design Clare Youngs presents a collection of gorgeous gifts, soft furnishings, kitchen items, bags, clothes, and accessories to make and embroider. Fans of the clean, elegant lines of traditional Scandinavian style are sure to be inspired by the 35 sewing projects in this book, which fuse classic Scandi motifs including hearts, flowers, and birds with contemporary techniques and materials. Arranged into five chapters, the projects use a wide variety of fa
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Let Bronte Aurell of The ScandiKitchen Café show you how to celebrate your Christmas Scandi-style by sharing her delicious recipes and family traditions with you. Anyone who has ever been in Scandinavian in December will know that Scandinavians really love Christmas. From huddling up in candlelit snowed-in cottages to consuming glögg at every opportunity, Christmas is peak-hygge season all over Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. Everything reverts back to tradition once Advent Sunday has come along. F
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Brontë Aurell, owner of the ScandiKitchen Café in London, brings her famous flair to over 65 Scandinavian-style recipes that perfectly capture the joy of summer eating. In the warmer months we crave food that is lighter and nourishing. Scandinavians do summer food so well—wholesome, flavorsome, simple yet sumptuous to look at—it is the essence of "lagom" or balance, with everything in moderation. For some Scandi balance into your summer meals try tempting breakfasts such as Cinnamon Bun French T
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Discover the essence of hygge as revealed by Brontë Aurell, Danish owner of London’s ScandiKitchen in this honest and thoughtful guide, which also features some of her favorite recipes from her books, The Scandi Kitchen and Fika & Hygge, to help you enjoy a "hyggelig" time. Hygge is in the zeitgeist, but what is it, how do we bring hygge in our lives and why are we so captivated with this Danish word? According to Brontë it is really not complicated and doesn’t involve spending vast amounts of m
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Art and Technique of Scandinavian-Style Woodcarving STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS & PATTERNS FOR 40 FLAT-PLANE CARVING PROJECTS Harley Refsal, an internationally recognized carver who has been decorated by the King of Norway for his contributions to Norwegian culture, shows you how to create many of your own Scandinavian style, flat-plane carvings. With Refsal's step-by-step instructions plus a knife and a gouge or two you will learn to bring to life a traditional figure and a Dalecarlian horse. In
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Traditional Scandinavian home cooking--now in paperback! Beatrice Ojakangas brings to life the cuisines and customs of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Denmark, countries that share borders and bounty. Danes lead with Smørrebrød (an open-faced sandwich), which may be topped with cheese, green pepper, and sliced fresh strawberries. Finns specialize in earthy, chewy whole grain bread. Norwegians have wonderfully fresh fish and seafood, and the Swedes gave the world smörgåsbord! Ojakangas offers us tru
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Enjoy holidays the Scandinavian way with seasonal, family-friendly food and crafts! Whether you're a fan of whimsical modern Scandinavian style or have Scandinavian heritage yourself, you'll love this hygge handbook for creating cozy celebrations with family and friends. Organized around seasonal festivities including Lucia Day and Christmas Eve Dinner, as well as everyday gatherings like Afternoon Fika, this book includes simple recipes, handmade decorations, and tips for entertaining. Here, th
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Make time for the things that really matter in life. Find balance and happiness in your daily life, the Scandinavian way, with The Scandinavian Guide to Happiness! There’s a reason Finland, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, and Sweden consistently rank as the top 5 happiest countries on earth! Find out the secrets to their happiness and fulfillment in The Scandinavian Guide to Happiness, which shares centuries of Nordic wisdom, including: - Lykke: Happiness is all around you (Denmark) - Lagom: Just the
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Recipes and reflections on the traditions, sites, and events associated with the holidays observed by Danish, Finnish, Icelandic, Norwegian, and Swedish Americans. Spiral bound, 5-1/2 x 3- 1/2", 160 pages
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Rosemaling in color on the cover. Features traditional foods of all five Scandinavian countries. Recipes include nutty cheese crispies, Danish wine cooler, sourdough pumpernickel, Norwegian crispbread delight, Swedish brown beans, Finnish meatballs
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This colection includes a variety of recipes for the smallest or largest catch with Scandinavian expertise for using the bounty of the sea. Spiral bound, 5-1/2 x 3-1/2", 155 pages
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Features artwork by the great Swedish master, Carl Larsson. Attractive color cover of traditional Scandinavian treats. Recipes include Swedish coffee bread, chocolate balls, Norwegian fried cookies, Swedish cheese cakes, butterscotch dessert, Finnish fru
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As they say in Iceland, “You do not really know your friends from your enemies until the ice breaks.” And in Sweden: “When it rains soup, the poor man has no spoon.” Those are just two of the timeless proverbs collected in Scandinavian Wit & Wisdom: Proverbs and Quotations Through the Ages. The book offers an overview of the wit and wisdom from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden. Among the quotations is this one from Norwegian figure skater Sonja Henie: “Jewelry takes people’s minds o
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Charming accessories and decorations for the tree, the windowsill, wreaths, holiday place settings, and more. Bring warmth, coziness, and handmade care to your home for the holiday season, with designs inspired by Scandinavian tradition and the natural world, worked in beautifully coordinated colors intended to suit any décor. From straightforward, classic stars and hearts for the beginner to more complex projects for the veteran—including a wintertime forest floor studded with mushrooms and aco
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Scandinavia is the epitome of cool: we fill our homes with Nordic furniture; we envy their humane social welfare system and their healthy outdoor lifestyle; we glut ourselves on their crime fiction; even their strangely attractive melancholia seems to express a stoic, commonsensical acceptance of life’s vicissitudes. But how valid is this outsider’s view of Scandinavia, and how accurate our picture of life in Scandinavia today? Scandinavians follows a chronological progression across the Norther
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Create 45 simple projects with a Scandinavian flavor, including home decorations, garlands, and beautiful gifts. Christiane Bellstedt Myers has developed a beautiful collection of decorative makes using rustic fabrics and natural materials. The four chapters—Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter—cover a wide range of crafts, including collage, embroidery, painting, and sewing, and take inspiration from Scandinavian seasonal traditions to bring magic to your year. Celebrate the coming of Spring with a
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