The Wonderful Adventures of Nils

A Classic Swedish Children's Tale

Selma Lagerlöf, Lars Klinting

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Swedish

Floris Books
20 March 2025

Anthologies (Children's&YA); Traditional stories (Children's&YA)

When Nils is transformed from a boy into a tiny gnome, he finds himself on an epic adventure travelling the length of Sweden from Skane to Lapland. Soaring through the sky on the back of his family's farmyard goose, Nils discovers the wild and the wondrous: from frozen lakes and snow-topped mountains to lost cities, new friends and dangerous foes -- including a very wily fox set on revenge.

On his perilous journey, young Nils will need to earn the respect and love of his new companions if he is to ever to return home and become a boy again.

This is the preeminent illustrated edition of Nobel Prize-winner Selma Lagerlöf's classic Swedish tale, which has been sensitively abridged for young readers. With its engrossing, exciting story and stunning full colour artwork from Lars Klinting, readers of all ages will be transported to the Sweden of over a century ago.

By: Selma Lagerlöf
Illustrated by: Lars Klinting
Imprint: Floris Books
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 288mm, Width: 210mm,
Weight: 742g
ISBN: 9781782509400
ISBN 10: 1782509402
Pages: 108
Publication Date: 20 March 2025
Recommended Age: From 6 to 12 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Selma Lagerlöf (1858-1940) was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. Lars Klinting (1948-2006) was a beloved Swedish author and illustrator. He trained as a carpenter before he wrote and illustrated his first book. Lars created numerous children's books including the Handy Harvey series, which became popular all over the world, and illustrated books by Astrid Lindgren and Selma Lagerlöf. He won the Elsa Beskow Plaque in 1987.

Reviews for The Wonderful Adventures of Nils: A Classic Swedish Children's Tale

'A lot of my childhood stories have been retold many times to my children, and one that we keep on coming back to is ""The Wonderful Adventures of Nils""... The story combines so beautifully genuine knowledge of geography and biology with fairytale elements.' -- Our World Of Wonder (Instagram)