THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF NILS HOLGERSON


Author:

Selma Lagerlöf

First edition:

Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige, 1906

Main illustrator:

Boucher Ridel Kliros

In short:

Nils, a mischevious boy who is bewitched into a dwarf, learns about nature, geography and folklore while flying with his barnyard goose from Sweden to Lapland.

Selection of edition:

Reise des Nils Holgerson, illustrated by Wilhelm Schulz, 1909.
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, illustrated by Thea Kliros, Dover Publications, 1995.
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils, translated by Velma Swanston Howard and illustrated by Mary Hamilton Frye, New York, Doubleday, 1922.
Le merveilleux voyage de Nils Holgerson, illustrated by Curd Ridel, éd. G.P., 1984.