Yule Lads & Other Legends Coloring Book: Icelandic Legends Activity Book - Softcover

Herman, Heidi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1515084965 ISBN 13: 9781515084969

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

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This 34-page coloring book features all 13 of the Icelandic Yule Lads in scenes of their mayhem. Book includes puzzles, games, activities and four short stories. Bonus stories are based on Icelandic mythology and legendary characters passed down from the days of theVikings.

Stories include The Guardians of Iceland, Gryla's Magic Spindle, The Monster Worm's Afternoon, and The Sunstone. The Sunstone introduces Tassi, the resident mouse who lives on the Viking Agnarr's longboat and accompanies him on his adventures.

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About the Author

Heidi Herman is a native to Illinois with a proud Scandinavian heritage and close ties to Iceland. Her mother is a native of Iceland, who met and married a US serviceman who was stationed in Reykjavik during WWII. Heidi grew up with stories of brave fishermen, mischievous trolls and adventurous Vikings. She once insisted to her elementary teacher that Leif Ericsson, not Christopher Columbus discovered America and that the history books were wrong. Her mother, Ieda, published her memoirs in the winter of 2012, "Trolls-Monster Worm-Hidden People, Fond Memories of Iceland". Inspired by her mother's memoirs, Heidi was again immersed in childhood memories of legend, lore and imaginative stories. She created holiday yard art based on one of the folk legends recounted in her mother's book. The troll-like characters sparked the imagination of many and led to Heidi writing her first book, "The Legend of the Icelandic Yule Lads". Heidi is now working on a series of stories chronicling new adventures of the Yule Lads as well as a collection of folk stories introducing other Icelandic mythological characters. She is just down the street from her mother and they work together regularly on new stories and bringing the magic of Iceland to anyone whose ear they can bend.

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