The Cat on the Dovrefell: a Christmas Tale

Available from Scandinavian Specialties when we last checked. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

When a man captures a great white bear, he is determined to bring it as a gift to the king of Finnmark. But to do that, first he must cross the Dovrefells—a mountain covered in snow and ice—in the middle of winter. On Christmas Eve, he reaches the house of a man named Halvor, and asks if he can stay the night. Halvor warns that every year on Christmas Eve, trolls come down from the mountains to take over his home, but the man and his polar bear think they may just be able to help... Tomie dePaol