The Race of the Birkebeiners (SIGNED BY ILLUSTRATOR)
by: Lunge-Larsen/Mary Azarian, Lise

Hardcover. Houghton Mifflin , 1st, 2001, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Hardcover, 32 pages. Imagine the bravest, fiercest Norwegian warriors that ever lived, carrying a baby prince across blizzard-wracked mountains to save his life. Picture the babe's mother undergoing a cruel, brutal test to prove her son is indeed the bona fide prince of Norway. A fairy tale? No, this is a true story, based on the account written in 1264 by Sturla Tordsson, about the Middle Ages' most powerful king during what are known as Norway's Golden Years. Norwegian-born author Lise Lunge-Larsen tells the story of this king's miraculous adventure in infancy, while woodcut artist Mary Azarian stunningly depicts the heroism of the birch-bark armored peasant warriors, the Birkebeiners. Mary Azarian was awarded the Caldecott Medal for her lovely woodcut illustrations in Snowflake Bentley. SIGNED BY AZARIAN.