![]() ![]() But when he's given a pair of woolen stockings from his grandmother in the old country, he's teased mercilessly and throws them away, fearing he'll never be a tough cowboy in long stockings. ![]() He was going to be a cowboy when he grew up.įrom Norwegian blood, the young Nils loved to ride his horse and tell tall tales. He was longlegged and gay and his schoolmates called him a regular fellow. There once was a boy and his name was Nils. ![]() Here, we have a strangely-timely tale of bullying, 1940s-style. With illustrations lithographed directly on stone and printed in four colors, I can never turn down one of their books so lush in tone and rich in personality. Or was it the other way around? Hmmmmmmm. The dynamic duo of the d'Aulaires created countless classics and two children, Ola and Nils, and (I'm assuming) each child, in turn, received a book named as such. Ingri & Edgar Parin d'Aulaire ~ Doubleday, 1948 ![]()
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