D'Aulaire's Norse Gods & Giants

Edgar Parin D'Aulaire, Ingri D'Aulaire. Doubleday Books for Young Readers, $17.95 (154pp) ISBN 978-0-385-23692-8

The Caldecott Medalwinning team of Abraham Lincoln and D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths has compiled in one illustrated volume stories about the gods and heroes of the Norse people. (8-12)

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