Title Elin's Amerika / by Marguerite de Angeli

Published Kingswood, Surrey : The World's Work, 1964 World's Work, 1964

Copies

Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
MELB SPCBC	819 Deange Mar/Eam		LIB USE ONLY

Description 88 pages, : illustrations ; 21 cm Series World's Work children's book World's Work children's book. Summary Elin longs for a little girl friend to play with as there are only boys among the neighbours in New Sweden in 1648. She befriends Lamefoot, an Indian woman and talks to Tomte, the house elf to ease her loneliness while she awaits the arrival of the supply ship which might bring her a girl to play with. And when the ship finally arrives - what a surprise! Notes Originally published Doubleday, 1941 Audience For children Subject Frontier and pioneer life -- United States -- Juvenile fiction. Swedes -- United States -- History -- 17th century -- Juvenile fiction. Genre/Form Fiction.

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