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Books for children and
young readers about Swedish immigrants Åberg, Alf. The people of New Sweden: our colony on the Delaware River, 1638-1655. Roger Tanner, translator. (Stockholm: Natur och Kultur, c1988). 199 pages: illustrations, maps; 22 cm. Includes index and bibliography. Cavanah, Frances. Jenny Lind's America (Philadelphia, Chilton Book Co.,1969). 226 pages, 21 cm. Summary: A biography of the "Swedish Nightingale" whose vocal range and tone
quality made her one of the leading opera stars of the mid-nineteenth century.
Cosentine, Sherry, Bishop
Hill: children's activity book Frank, Irene M., The Scandinavian-American heritage
(New York, N.Y.: Facts On File, 1988).
Series: America's ethnic heritage series. 148 pages: illustrations; 25 cm.
Summary: Explores the history, culture, and contributions of Scandinavian-Americans
from colonial times to the present day.
Gunderson, Cory Gideon. Swedish Americans (Philadelphia: Chelsea House Publishers, c2003) Series: Immigrants in America. 106 p. : color Illustrations, color map ; 25 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: The Swedes in America -- The old country -- America fever -- Tamers of the frontier -- Social issues in industrial America -- Swedish identity across the Atlantic -- Into the melting pot : the Swedish-American influence. Hopkins,
M. Johnson. I, Amanda Hubalek, Linda K., Butter in the well series. 1992-1994.
Book 1. Butter in the well: a Scandinavian woman's tale of life on the prairie
(Hillsboro, Kan.: Hearth Pub., c1992)
128 pages: illustrations, maps; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pages. 125-128).
Summary: This is a fictionalized account of Kajsa Svensson Runeberg's first 20 years
on her Kansas farm.
Book 2. Prarieblomman: the prairie blossoms for an immigrant's daughter
(Hillsboro, KS: Hearth Pub., c1993). On cover: Historical diary 1889-1900.
132 pages: illustrations; 23 cm. Bibliography: pages. 129-132.
Summary: The book starts in 1889 when Alma turns sixteen, and ends in 1900 when
she marries at age twenty-seven and leaves Kansas.--Foreword
Book 3. Egg gravy: authentic recipes from the Butter in the well series
(Aurora, Colo.: Butterfield Books, c1994)
123 pages: illustrations; 22 cm. Includes index.
Book 4. Looking back: the final tale of life on the prairie
(Aurora, Colo.: Butterfield Books, c1994).
123 pages: illustrations, maps; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages. 121-122).
Hubalek, Linda K., Planting dreams series.
(Lindsborg, Kan.: Butterfield Books, c1997-1999)
Book 1, 1868-1869. Planting dreams: a Swedish immigrant's journey to America 111 pages: maps; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pages. 101-103).
Summary from the preface: This is a fictionalized account of Charlotta Johnson's journey
from Sweden to Kansas in 1868.
Book 2, 1869-1886. Cultivating hope: homesteading on the Great Plains 119 pages: illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references (pages. 109-110).
Summary: This is a fictionalized account of Charlotta Johnson's life as she and
her husband build a farmstead on the Kansas prairie.
Book 3, 1869-1886. Harvesting faith: life on the changing prairie.
99 pages: illustrations, maps; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages. 109-110).
Summary: This is a mixture of fact and fiction of Charlotta Johnson's life of events that shaped
this Swedish immigrant's family, join Charlotta as she reminisces about the important places
and events in her past as she bids farewell to her mortal life on the Kansas prairie.
Immigration to Minnesota. (St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Historical Society, 1983). Series: Roots; vol. 12, no. 1 (fall 1983). 39 pages: illustrations; 28 cm. Includes bibliography. Johnson, Lois Walfrid. Adventures of the Northwoods series. (Minneapolis, Minn.: Bethany House Publishers, c1990-1992). Book 1. The disappearing stranger
144 pages. ; 21 cm.
Summary: When her mother marries Mr. Nordstrom, Kate moves to a farm
in northwest Wisconsin, solves a mystery, and learns to adjust to her new stepfamily.
Book 2. The hidden message
144 pages. ; 21 cm.
Summary: When their father leaves to earn money away from home,
Kate and Anders assume more responsibility at the farm and uncover a mystery.
Book 3. The creeping shadows
160 pages; 21 cm.
Summary: Kate plans a birthday party for her stepbrother Anders and gets involved
in the mysterious disappearance of items from the Erickson household.
Book 4. The vanishing footprints
158 pages; 21 cm.
Summary: Kate, Anders, and Erik try to solve the mystery of the
stolen creamery checks.
Book 5. Trouble at Wild River 160 pages: illustrations, map; 21 cm.
Summary: In 1907 in Wisconsin, Kate and her friends discover a timber swindler
while visiting their Indian friend Running Deer and suspect that Kate's uncle,
newly arrived from Sweden, may be involved.
Book 6. The mysterious hideaway.
158 pages. ; 21 cm.
Summary: Kate, Anders, and Erik investigate baffling clues
that lead them to tunnels in the woodpile, stolen food, and a hidden ladder.
Book 7. Grandpa's stolen treasure
159 pages: illustrations; 21 cm.
Summary: Kate and Anders try to follow the guidance of God when
his grandparents travel from Sweden to Wisconsin and Grandma
vanishes under mysterious circumstances.
Book 8. The Runaway Clown
160 pages: 21 cm.
Summary: While working for the circus that is touring Wisconsin in 1907, Kate
and her stepbrother Anders uncover a mystery.
Book 9. Mystery of the missing map
158 pages: 21 cm.
Summary: When thirteen-year-old Kate, her stepbrother Anders, and their friend Erik
go to visit Kate's blind second cousin in Red Jacket, Michigan, in 1907, they decide
to try to find a long-lost map that will supposedly lead to a fortune in silver.
Book 10. Disaster on Windy Hill
170 pages: 21 cm.
Summary: After Kate buys Windsong and Breeza, two horses with a mysterious past,
someone sets the Nordstrom barn on fire and Windsong disappears.
Kyle, Elisabeth. The Swedish nightingale: Jenny Lind
(New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1964)
223 pages: 22 cm.
Summary: This biographical novel, set in the mid 19th century, tells the dramatic story
of Jenny Lind , who became an almost legendary singer despite intense timidity
and formidable obstacles.
Malmberg, Carl. America is also Scandinavian.
(New York: Putnam, 1970). 126 pages. illustrations, 21 cm.
Summary: Traces the history and causes of Scandinavian immigration to the
United States and explains the contributions of Danes, Finns, Swedes, Norwegians,
and Icelanders to the culture and history of their adopted country.
McGill, Allyson. The Swedish Americans
(Philadelphia: Chelsea House, 1997).
The immigrant experience series. 109 pages: illustrations (some color), maps; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index. Meyer, Carolyn, Kristina, the girl king: [Sweden, 1638] (New York: Scholastic, 2003). Royal diaries Series. 170 pages: illustrations, map, genealogy table; 19 cm. Summary: A novel in diary form about Kristina, the young queen of Sweden. Kristina, Queen of Sweden, 1626-1689 --Fiction. Montgomery, Kathy. The Kalmar-Nyckel: Johan's honor (Baltimore: Publish America, 2002). 258 pages. 23 cm. New Sweden, fiction. Munson, Sammye. HEJ, Texas goodbye Sweden: a Swedish boy in early Texas (Austin, Tex.: Eakin Press, 1994). 114 pages: illustrations; 23 cm. Include bibliographical reference (pages. 113-114) Summary: In 1880 fifteen-year-old Carl Olsson leaves Sweden to work on his brother's farm in Texas. Nixon, Joan Lowery. Land of dreams. (New York: Delacorte Press, 1994). 153 pages: 22 cm. Ellis Island series. Summary: In 1902 sixteen-year-old Kristin travels with her family from Sweden to a new life in Minnesota, where she finds herself frustrated by the restrictions placed on what girls of her age are expected or allowed to do. North, Sterling. The wolfling: a documentary novel of the eighteen-seventies (New York: Bantam Books, 1970, c1969) 182 pages: illustrations; 18 cm. Documentary notes on pages 169-182. Summary: In the nineteenth-century Midwest, a young boy adopts a wolf whelp and gains the attention and friendship of the Swedish-American naturalist Thure Kumlien. Olson,
Kay Melchisedech. Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish immigrants, 1820-1920
Peterson, Melissa. Hanna's Christmas Melissa Iwai, illustator. (New York: Harper Collins, 2001). 27 pages: color illustrations; 24 cm. Peterson, Tiffany. Swedish Americans (Chicago: Heinemann Library, c2004) Series: We Are America 32 p. : color illustrations ; 27 cm. Includes glossary, bibliographical references and index. Summary: An overview of the history and daily lives of Swedish people who immigrated to the United States. Topics: Early Swedish immigrants, the journey, arriving in the United States, America fever, land and lumber, life in the cities, Swedish-American culture, celebrations, Swedish food and dining, arts and entertainment, a Swedish-American family, Swedish immigration chart. Raatma, Lucia. Swedish Americans (Chanhassen, Minn.: Child's World, c2003) Series: Spirit of America: Our Cultural Heritage 32 pages: color illustrations; 25 cm. Includes time line, glossary, list for further reading, and index. Summary: A brief introduction to Swedish Americans, their historical backgrounds, customs and traditions, their impact on society, and life in the United States today.
Sandin, Joan. The long way westward (New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row, c1989). Series: An I can read book. 63 pages: color illustrations; 23 cm. Summary: Relates the experiences of two young brothers and their family, immigrants from
Sweden, from their arrival in New York through the journey to their new home in Minnesota.
Sandin, Joan. The long way to a new land (New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row, c1981). Series: An I can read history book. 63 pages: color illustrations; 22 cm. Shaw, Janet Beeler. The American Girls Collection: 1854. Kirsten. (Middleton, WI: Pleasant Co., 1986)
Book 1. Meet Kirsten, an American girl Book
2. Kirsten learns a lesson: a school story Book
3. Kirsten's surprise: a Christmas story Book
4. Happy birthday, Kirsten!: a springtime story Book
5. Kirsten saves the day: a summer story Book
6. Changes for Kirsten: a winter story Sinnott, Susan. Welcome to Kirsten's world, 1854: growing up in pioneer America. (Middleton, WI: Pleasant Co., 1999)
58 pages: many color illustrations, maps; 27 x 31 cm.
Summary: From the American Girls Collection. The story presents a look at daily
life in pioneer America during the 1850s by following a family that emigrates from
Sweden to Minnesota.
Tripp, Valerie. Kirsten's theatre kit : a play about Kirsten for you and your friends to perform. Home is where the heart is. (Middleton, WI : Pleasant Co., c1994). One portfolio: Envelope contains a Director's guide (15 p.) and four copies of the play Home is where the heart is, (32 p.) adapted by Valerie Tripp from Meet Kirsten, an American girl, by Janet Shaw. Winter, Jeanette. Klara's new world.
(New York: Knopf, 1992). 42 pages: color. illustrations; 24 x 26 cm. Summary: A Swedish family faces many hardships when they immigrate to America
in search of a better life.
Books in English about Sweden. We find many Swedish customs,
holidays and songs even in Swedish-American communities.
Larsson, Carl Olof. A home,
text by Lennart Rudström; translated by Lone Thygesen-Blecher.
(New York: Putnam, 1974). 31 pages: color illustrations; 24 x 32 cm.
Summary: Sixteen of Carl Larsson's well known watercolors of his home, Sundborn,
and family are accompanied by text explaining the pictures and something of the life of
this great Swedish artist. Larson and his wife Karin helped popularize a style of home
decoration that we recognize today as classically Swedish.
Olsson,
Kari.
Sweden, a good life for all Wiberg,
Harald. Christmas at the Tomten's farm. Return to the Swenson Center Library Page
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