The legend of the Christmas rose
By: [written by] Selma Lagerlöf ; retold by Ellin Greene ; with illustrations by Charles Mikolaycak.
Contributors: Mikolaycak, Charles, ill.; Lagerlöf, Selma, 1858-1940.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Holiday House
Published: 1990
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Folklore -- Sweden.; Christmas -- Folklore.
Description: In hope of getting her husband pardoned, an exiled outlaw's wife agrees to reveal to an old monk the miracle in Goïnge Forest, where every Christmas Eve a beautiful garden blooms in remembrance of the birth of the Christ Child.
Notes: "This retelling is adapted from Selma Lagerlöf's The legend of the Christmas rose, published in Good housekeeping, December 1907"--Author's note.