The Cat on the Dovrefell

An old Norwegian tale telling, how a traveller and his bear spent the night before Christmas in the cottage of Halvor and his family and manage to outwit the pack of rampaging trolls who descended on the cottage every Christmas Eve. A splendid visual interpretation full of vigor and humor, and a book to enjoy at the festive season and throughout the year too. However, I do wish that both this book and The Knight and the Dragon could have been rather larger: in both instances the paperback is much reduced.