East of the Sun, West of the Moon

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By Susanna Davidson, and and, Petra Brown
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37 reviews
The Norwegian folk tale retold for children growing in reading confidence and ability. A young girl sets out with a great white bear on a journey to the ends of the earth. She visits enchanted castles, rides the wind and battles with a troll queen – all for the sake of true love. Part of the Usborne Reading Programme developed with reading experts at the University of Roehampton.
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The polar bear was kind and strong. Asta was the youngest and the bravest. Chapter 5 with the Troll Queen was a bit scary! I liked the ending.
OK but not great
I liked the bear, he is really kind
I liked it when the girl and the prince
got married.
Rosa was my favourite character. This was a beautiful story.
The Bear
Because the bear can talk
Yes
Asta, because she is brave.
Yes it was cool.
This was my sisters book and I got to read it all by myself with no help I really enjoyed this
My favourite character is Asta, I didn't like it very much
Long Nose was a scary character but I really liked Astrid and the Prince
I like the story. I like the friendship between girl and bear.
It had amazing adjectives and was so creative and cleverly written. The troll Queen because her nose is hilarious.yes it will improve your descriptive literature.
Fiction
I liked ASA the most.
If they like animal books.
It was a very good book because it was a really magical. I would recommend this book because I liked the words they used to describe what happens in the book.
I liked the book because it was very adventurous and exciting. They went to a castle.
Astrid spilled wax on the Prince
A poor family lived in a poor house. Winter was coming and their house wasn't warm. A bear said if you give me your daughter I'll give you money. The bear was a prince. Astrid had to rescue him and she did.
I like that there is a polar bear that is snuggly I also like the cool name!
I like how the prince is a man by night and a polar bear by day. I would travel like the girl called Asta in the story.
I gave this a five because it was one of the best books I’ve read this summer. I liked it because the polar bear was first a bear and next a person! The bear was my favourite character. I would recommend this book to my friends.
I like this book because I loved it when a girl had To search Around on the Bear it was such hard work. I want to Search like that
I thought it was an amazing story about a little girl and her wishes. I liked the little bear best because he made the family rich. It interested me because I was wondering how can a bear make the wishes come true. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys stories about truth and love.
The story was about a man who turns into a bear due to a curse by a troll queen.
In the end the man escaped from the troll queen as Asta managed to rescue him.
I really liked this magical story because it reminded me of other Disney story. It was a happy ending as well
I liked the four winds.
I thought it was fantastic. Particularly that Mrs Longnose was defeated!
Yes it was very good. I liked the happy ending. It is a fairy tale type book. I would recommend this book.
I liked the story when Astrid did find a way to stop Long nose from marrying the Prince.
My favorite character is Astrid for her bravery and intelligence.
Yes, I will recommend this traditional tale.
My favorite charter is Astrid.
I got interested when Astrid 's mother said "don't spill the magic wax".
I would like to recommend this book to my brother.
I liked the story because Astrid won.