num_pages: 32
description: "This is a bedtime story that small children will want to hear over and over again."--The New YorkerIn this sequel to the classic The Tomten, the creator of Pippi Longstocking adapts a Swedish folk tale into a beloved children's story. When a hungry fox wanders into a farm late at night looking for food, the guard troll Tomten finds a way to keep the farm animals safe and feed the fox at the same time."The illustrations have a luminous beauty. There's a kind, quiet calm here that warms the winter air."--
  The New York Times
"Charming, hushed illustrations and quiet text together evoke the soft, snowy silence and winter beauty of a Swedish night. The troll Tomten mercifully saves the farm animals from the depredations of Reynard the fox, and manages to assuage the fox's hunger to boot!"--School Library Journal (starred review)
language: English
title: The Tomten and the Fox
titlecomplete: The Tomten and the Fox
genres: Sweden, Classics, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Christmas, Picture Books, Childrens, Swedish Literature, Animals, Scandinavian Literature
ratings_count: 1048
series: Tomten
publisher: Puffin Books