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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.

2) Happy birthday, Kirsten!: a springtime story

Author

Series

Publisher

Pleasant Co

Language

English

Description

On a Minnesota farm in the mid 1800's, the hard working members of the Larson family find time to celebrate Kirsten's tenth birthday.

3) At home in a new land

Author

Sandin, Joan

Series

I can read book

Publisher

HarperCollins

Pub. Date

[2007]

Edition

First edition.

Physical Desc

64 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Carl Erik, a recent immigrant from Sweden, becomes the man of the house when his father and uncle go to work in a logging camp, and he learns many things about life in Minnesota while attending school, doing his chores, and trying to put meat on the table.

4) Kirsten learns a lesson: a school story

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[2000]

Language

English

Description

After immigrating from Sweden to join relatives in an American prairie community, Kirsten endures the ordeal of a strange school through a secret friendship with an Indian girl.

5) Kirsten's surprise: a Christmas story, 1854

Author

Series

Pub. Date

[2000]

Language

English

Description

Kirsten and her family celebrate their first Christmas in their new home on Uncle Olav's farm in mid-nineteenth-century Minnesota.

6) Kirsten's surprise: a Christmas story

Author

Series

Publisher

Pleasant Co

Pub. Date

[1986]

Edition

First edition.

Physical Desc

62 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.

Language

English

Description

Kirsten and her family celebrate their first Christmas in their new home on Uncle Olav's farm in mid-nineteenth-century Minnesota.

7) Kirsten's promise

Author

American girls collection. American girls short stories
American girl 1854

Series

Publisher

Pleasant Co. Publications

Pub. Date

[2003]

Physical Desc

38 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 16 cm.

Language

English

Description

American girls collection. American girl mysteries
American girl 1854
American girl collection

Ten-year-old Kirsten regrets the promise she has made to a ragged boy she discovers alone near a wrecked covered wagon not far from her Minnesota home.

8) The runaway friend: a Kirsten mystery

Author

Ernst, Kathleen

Series

Publisher

American Girl Publishing

Pub. Date

[2008]

Physical Desc

179 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.

Language

English

Description

When Kirsten's new friend Erik disappears, she has to figure out whether he ran away to get out of some promises he made, or whether something else has happened.

9) Kirsten snowbound!

Author

American girls collection. American girls short stories
American girl collection. American girl short stories
American girl 1854
American girl 1854 short story collection volume 2

Series

Publisher

Pleasant Company Publications

Pub. Date

2001.

Physical Desc

31 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 16 cm.

Language

English

Description

In 1856, Kirsten and her cousins look after the farm while the adults go to town for supplies, and everything is fine--until a blizzard surprises them.

10) Kirsten: an American girl

Author

Series

Publisher

Recorded Books

Pub. Date

[2011]

Edition

Unabridged.

Physical Desc

6 CDs (6 hrs. 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Language

English

Description