The queen's necklace
Subtitle: a Swedish folktale
By: retold by Jane Langton ; illustrated by Ilse Plume ; [translated by Tommy Olof Elder].
Contributors: Plume, Ilse, ill.; Nyblom, Helena, 1843-1926.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 34
Subjects: Fairy tales; Sweden -- Fiction
Description: A cruel and greedy king prizes a pearl necklace above all, but the kind-hearted young woman who becomes his wife gives the pearls away one by one to help the poor.
Notes: "Based on a literary fairy tale, Drottningens halsband (The queen's necklace) by Helena Nyblom"--T.p. verso.