Rosalind and the Little Deer

by Elsa Beskow, Kristina Turner (Translator)

Overview

Rosalind loves to play with her little deer in the shade of the lime tree. Then one day a hunter comes along with his dog and frightens the deer away. The poor little deer is captured by a king and kept in a golden cage. Can Rosalind persuade the king to part with his pet and set the little deer free?

This is a delightful story for young children from the world-renowned Swedish author–illustrator Elsa Beskow.

This wonderful new edition of Rosalind and the Little Deer faithfully reproduces Beskow's classic illustrations in a collectable picture book featuring a unique hand-crafted design, premium-quality paper, gold foil signature and a luxurious cloth spine. Create an Elsa Beskow library by collecting all of the gorgeous new editions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781782507260
Publisher:	Floris Books
Publication date:	06/08/2021
Edition description:	2nd Revised ed.
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	10.60(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)
Age Range:	4 - 7 Years

About the Author

Elsa Beskow (1874-1953) is the most popular children's author—illustrator in Sweden. Often described as Sweden's Beatrix Potter, Elsa Beskow's picture books have been known and loved for over a century. Her charming stories of children and magical folk, accompanied by her signature illustrations, are known and cherished the world over.

Editorial Reviews

'The pictures are simple but detailed, with the colors and aspect of old prints.'
– Kirkus Reviews

'The book's charm is in the combination of sweetness, gravity, and grace in both the text and the illustrations. Chiildren beguiled by Beskow's 'Princess Sylvie' will want to make Rosalind's acquaintance.'
– Booklist Online

From the Publisher

A little girl's grandfather is sad because he cannot paint, so she tells him to make a picture book with her, in this tale translated from Swedish and originally published in 1924. In their convincingly childlike story, Rosalind is sleeping in the meadow under a linden tree, with her deer nearby. A hunter comes by with his dog and points his gun at the deer, which runs away. The wakened and distraught Rosalind wants her deer friend back, and the hunter promises to return it unharmed. But the deer is captured by the king and put in a golden cage, where it refuses to eat. The hunter is locked up for allowing his dog to run free, but he sends the dog to Rosalind with a note written in charcoal, and she takes her walking stick and her linden flowers and sets off. The deer eagerly devours the linden, but the king locks up Rosalind, too, and will not let them go. Fortunately, the entire court takes a nap, the hunter frees Rosalind and her deer, and they all gambol freely and happily beneath the linden. The pictures are simple but detailed, with the colors and aspect of old prints. The king picks apples in his crown and golden coat; the hunter's dark stone dungeon is equipped with a fireplace and a stool; the hunter, despite the presence of his gun (which disappears in the last scene) is content to blow his horn at the end. Sweetly illogical and very old-fashioned. (Picture book. 4-7)

Kirkus Reviews