Wooden Horses of Sweden
Author : Anne Marie Rådström
Publisher :
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 33,17 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Folk art
ISBN : 9789178442034
Author : Anne Marie Rådström
Publisher :
Page : 127 pages
File Size : 33,17 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Folk art
ISBN : 9789178442034
Author : Amy Fumiko Ogata
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 19,83 MB
Release : 2014
Category : ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES
ISBN : 9780300200751
The Swedish toy industry has long produced vast quantities of colorful, quality wooden items that reflect Scandinavian design and craft traditions. This superbly illustrated book, including specially commissioned photography, looks at over 200 years of Swedish toys, from historic dollhouses to the latest designs for children. Featuring rattles, full-size rocking horses, dollhouses, and building blocks to skis, sleds, and tabletop games with intricate moving parts, Swedish Wooden Toys also addresses images of Swedish childhood, the role of the beloved red Dala horse in the creation of national identity, the vibrant tradition of educational toys, and the challenges of maintaining craft manufacturing in an era of global mass-production. Published in association with the Bard Graduate Center Exhibition Schedule: Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs (06/18/14-01/11/15) Bard Graduate Center March 2015 Stockholm Summer 2015
Author : Chris Mosey
Publisher :
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 27,67 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Folk art
ISBN : 9789197349604
Dalarhestens historie.
Author : Dylan O'Leary
Publisher :
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 36,16 MB
Release : 2008-05
Category :
ISBN : 9780615274171
Author : Eric Williams
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 16,70 MB
Release : 2013-10-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1473819776
It is over fifty years since the critics of the day acclaimed The Wooden Horse as a superbly told story of the most ingenious and daring escape of the Second World War. Millions of readers agreed, and the book became a modern classic. This revised and expanded edition tells the tale. The escape itself was conceived on classical lines. The Greeks built a wooden horse and by means of it got into the city of Troy; in 1943 two British officers built a wooden horse and by means of it got out of a German prison camp. Together with a third companion, they were the only British prisoners ever to escape and reach England from this camp, though many tried. It was Stalag Luft III, designed especially to hold the Germans' most prized captives – Allied aircrew – and considered to be escape-proof. The break from the camp itself is only part of the story. Once outside the wire the escapers were still faced with the problem of getting out of Germany. Fugitives in the midst of a watchful enemy population, they had many close shaves when disaster threatened to overwhelm them – adventures which the reader shares to the full. The fantastic nature of this enterprise, the patience, determination and endurance, above all the steel nerve it demanded from an undernourished physique, are rendered the more impressive by the manner of the telling. The characters are so surely drawn that they could not but be real. Throughout the book runs a vein of humour which alone made those days bearable. The warmth of human companionship born of privation, fear and a common purpose is vividly portrayed.
Author : Brittany Watson Jepsen
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 50,47 MB
Release : 2018-04-24
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1683352157
The popular craft designer and lifestyle blogger shares a rainbow of new project ideas—all using the creative power of paper. What began as a project collection and viral Instagram hashtag (#CrafttheRainbow) has become an inspiring book featuring all-new paper project ideas. Learn how to make playful party decorations, luscious flowers, amazing cards, and sophisticated wreaths, garlands, centerpieces, and more than you can imagine. Brittany Watson Jepsen is known for the unusually imaginative and amazingly beautiful designs she creates for her website and host of clients (including Anthropologie). In Craft the Rainbow, Jepsen walks readers through the easy basics of transforming simple paper—including tissue, crepe, cardstock, leaves of books, and vintage and recycled paper—into vibrant, fanciful, handmade projects suitable for every occasion.
Author : Rebecca Hickox
Publisher : Turtleback
Page : pages
File Size : 25,5 MB
Release : 1997-11-01
Category : Brothers
ISBN : 9780606127905
An original story based on Swedish folklore, in which a young boy and his toy horse outwit the trolls after his two older brothers have tried and failed.
Author : Ursula K. Le Guin
Publisher : Orchard Books
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 22,5 MB
Release : 1996-09-01
Category : Brothers and sisters
ISBN : 9780531070796
With the aid of her magic wooden horse, a brave girl travels to the High House in the mountains to rescue her kidnapped brother from the trolls.
Author : Lissa Johnston
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 31,28 MB
Release : 2015-07-17
Category :
ISBN : 9780997306828
The Dala Horse is a middle grade reader. Think Nancy Drew meets Little House on the Prairie. 10-year-old Kaya Olson lives in a small Norwegian immigrant settlement in post-Civil War Texas. She must uncover the secrets her family is keeping to solve the mystery surrounding her mother's death.
Author : Jerome Pohlen
Publisher : Chicago Review Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 19,51 MB
Release : 2003-04
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1569764700
Land of the world's largest prairie chicken, birthplace of Spam, and home of the world's oldest rock, this is Minnesota, where summers are short, winters are long, and back-road wonders abound. This entertaining guide wastes no time with descriptions of scenic lakes, pristine bike trails, or quaint cafes. Instead it directs travelers (and residents) to the spot where Tiny Tim strummed his last notes on the ukulele; to the Cold Spring chapel where two grasshoppers bow down to the Virgin Mary; and to the McLeod County Museum, where the mummy on display could be from Peru or outer space. While ordinary tourists are fighting off mosquitoes in the Boundary Waters, oddball travelers can size up the world's largest ear of corn and admire the fourth Zamboni ever built. And one last thing: there aren't 10,000 lakes in Minnesota; there are 14,215. For travelers who are in search of the unusual, there is no better reason to park the bike and hiking boots in the garage, fill up the gas tank, and hit the road to Minnesota, where weirdness awaits.