Lise Lunge-Larsen

• Oct-2017
• / General Fiction

Trolls! They are huge and ugly and very, very dangerous. But luckily, their brains are no bigger than a walnut, so even small children can trick them. First, though, you need to know their weaknesses -- and that’s where these stories come in. It...

• Nov-2016
• / Action Adventure

Did you know that museums were initially temples built to worship the nine muses? That Janus was the god of doorways and hallways, and after him we have named janitors? Where did these words -- and other words, such as chaos, genius, nemesis, panic, ...

• Jun-2007
• / General Fiction

He is the biggest and mightiest of the gods. If he tightens his belt, he doubles his strength. If he swings his hammer, lightning flashes. When he races his billy goats across the sky, their hooves kick up huge thunderclouds. And when the folks below...

• Sep-2004
• / General Fiction

Selkies, fairies, gnomes, hill folk, river sprites -- do you believe in them? Perhaps among the flowers, beside a mountain, or near deep waters you've caught a glimpse, once or twice, of what you thought might be the silvery shadow of a dwarf, or a h...

• May-2004
• / Fantasy

Never pick a lady slipper. If any part is picked, the entire flower dies. And it grows there, in the northern woods, to mark the courage and strength of a small girl who lived long ago -- a girl who saved all of her people from a terrible disease by ...

• Sep-2001
• / General Fiction

When they went into battle they wore no costly armor, just birchbark wrapped around their legs, and so they were called Birkebeiners, which means �"Birchleggers.” It is the year 1206, and deep in the snow-covered mountains and valleys of Norway the...

• Oct-1999
• / General Fiction

As tall as trees and as ancient and rugged as the Norwegian landscape from which they come, trolls are some of lore's most fascinating and varied creatures. Some live under bridges, others deep inside caves. They can carry their heads under their arm...