The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
Publisher: Standard Ebooks
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Subjects: Fantasy literature; Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction; Boys -- Juvenile fiction; Kindness -- Juvenile fiction; Sweden -- Juvenile fiction; Geese -- Juvenile fiction
Description: <p>In <i>The Wonderful Adventures of Nils</i>, <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/selma-lagerlof">Selma Lagerlöf</a> tells the story of Nils Holgersson, a young boy who is transformed into an elf after a set of misdeeds. Escaping with his family’s farm goose he joins up with a flock of wild geese and travels with them across Sweden as they return to their annual nesting grounds in Lapland.</p>
			<p>The story was originally written as a commission for the Swedish National Teachers’ Association to write a geography book for children and has become a firm favourite in the country. It’s been adapted for screen many times, translated into over 30 languages and, until recently, was the artwork on the 20 krona banknote.</p>
			<p>Although originally published in English in two volumes—the second starting at “The Story of Karr and Grayskin”—here they are presented as a single combined story.</p>