One of Iceland’s most popular children’s books. It was first published in 1981 and has since been translated into several other languages.

The story gives the reader an unforgettable insight into the magic world of Icelandic legend and folklore. It is an exciting story – filled with love, compassion, and humour which appeals to children over the world.

“Gudrun Helgadottir’s story is extremely beautiful and fun to read. Here the tone is radically different from that of her previous work. Adventure and vivid imagination takes over from the cosy and warmly humorous everyday realism that characterizes her previous books. The subject is taken from Icelandic folklore and Nordic myths and the country’s nature is an important part of the narrative.”
HELGARPOSTURINN WEEKLY

“That small, but special publisher from Minnesota, Carolrhoda Books, has given us a view of Iceland no reader of the folktale will ever forget.”
FOR READING ALOUD (RWMU Radio), November 13th, 1986