“SANTA’S LITTLE HELPER”By Anu Stohner
Illustrations by Henrike Wilson
Motto: "We Care About Nature"
Watch for some of the following books - books always make perfect gifts to give or receive during the festive season.
“SANTA’S LITTLE HELPER”
By Anu Stohner
Illustrations by Henrike Wilson
This book is large but not thick. It’s also absolutely delightful and heartwarming.
The ‘little Helper’ doesn’t have a name other than ‘little Helper’ (with a capital ‘H’). Because he’s small in stature, the other Gnomes don’t include him in delivering the presents they’ve made. Nevertheless, the little Helper keeps making Christmas presents in anticipation of one day being included with the rest of the Gnomes.
After they leave once again, he strolls into the forest and overhears all the animals talking about how they saw the Gnomes take off to make deliveries – yet nothing is ever given to the animals of the forest! Little Helper scoots back to his home and gathers up all the presents he’s made during the year. He dashes back to the forest to give them to the animals. The animals are thrilled and grateful, because at last they have a special reason to celebrate, too!
When all the other Gnomes return from their delivery route, little Helper tells the chief Gnome what he’s done. The chief is so surprised and very, very proud of little Helper – and even names him “Santa of the Animals.”
For children, a good moral of the story is little Helper’s indomitable spirit and patience. Not knowing if he’d be included in the group of other Gnomes, he still maintained a positive, optimistic attitude while he had fun making things that might not even be delivered! Once again, when he learns that the other Gnomes aren’t including him in their journey – he doesn’t act up or display hurt feelings. Instead, he pays attention to the forest animals … happens upon an occasion for sharing … and thereby turns his own inner sadness around by making the forest animals happy. He also made a lot of new friends among the forest animals!
I found this book through Amazon.com for $6.49 plus postage. (The price inside the cover is $15.95.)
It shouldn’t be hard to find the book elsewhere with holidays approaching.
First U.S. edition published in 2004 by Bloomsbury USA Children’s Books (175 Fifth Avenue,
New York, New York, 10010). ISBN 1-58234-964-9.
Gnome Devotee G9
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Item
Specifics - Nonfiction Books
Author: Ross Oar
Category: Hobbies & Crafts
Publisher: Fox Chapel Pub Co Inc I
SBN-10: 1565233832
ISBN-13: 9781565233836
Brand New Softcover published in: 2008
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Dragon·Fly, A Gnome's Great Adventure with over 75 drawings by author illustrator Dan Waltz.
ISBN #978-0-9741774-7-2
Publisher: Dan Waltz D.W. Publishing 226 McFarland Street Grand Blanc, MI
48439 Phone: (810) 695-8985 Email: dan@dwpublishing.com
or visit www.danwaltz.com to order your
copy today! Cover price is $12.49 U.S.
I read this 348 page book and found it to be an entertaining book with some twists on concrete gnomes. It is written to appeal to both teenagers and adults. It has a bit of a Lord of the Rings theme and contains adventures similar to those contained in the famous Hobbit adventures. Ever wonder about dragonflies? This story book will certainly provide you with some new insight on their ancestry!
I highly recommend this as a wonderful gift! QueenGnome G9
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Tales of Neville the Gnome by Tony King
This is a fantasy about Neville the Gnome and his many friends; Ferdinand the Frog, George Sparrow, Mick the Monkey, and his sons, Rocker, Basher and Digger. For readers of all ages who enjoy fantasy.
If you want additional information regarding the content of this item please refer to the manufacturer for more details.
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Nollie
Gnome and Friends, by Craig A. Eriksen
Nollie Gnome is a very special forest gnome who lives in the Great Forest with all his animal friends. He has three exciting adventures: flying with Hector the eagle, being chased by a hungry old fox while out strawberry picking, and Nollie goes in search of baby rabbit Hamish who is lost in the Great Forest. Currently available from www.Amazon.com
Suggested Reading level: Ages 9-12
Paperback: 52 pages
Publisher: Lulu Enterprises, UK Ltd (June 17, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1409204979
ISBN-13: 978-1409204978
Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.8 x 0.3 inches
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Two other wonderful books that I highly recommend as wonderful gifts are those written by Christoper Valentine and Christian von Lahr titled "Seeing and Sensing Gnomes" and "A Gnomes's Story". They also have two additional books and I hope to feature them soon! For more information on these books visit the Gnomes Depot at www.thegnomesdepot.com
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Feature
Artist, HEINRICH SCHLITT 1849 - 1923
There is a book about the works of Heinrich Schlitt who was known as Munich's Painter of gnomes. However Schlitt painted much more than just gnomes, he also designed beer steins and other ceramic pieces. It is a rare book and his art is simply amazing.
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Greetings!
It's been awhile since we've last talked, but we just wanted to let you know that we're still around. In fact, we are in the process of relaunching Gnomads.net, and we need your help.
First, let us introduce ourselves. We are obos earth, a tight group of friends who stumbled across the Gnomads website at a time when the owners were looking for someone to pass on the project to. Since we have the same excitement for "traveling" gnomes that they had, we found Gnomads to be a brilliant idea that just needed a little love and attention.
We are in the process of redeveloping the Gnomads experience. We see this as a social experiment to increase interaction and awareness, and to add a touch of whimsy to everyday life.
This is truly a labor of love for us and we would like to ask you to join us in planting the seeds to grow a worldwide community. Part of our mission is to have a free flow of ideas on every aspect of this project. We would like to invite you to join the conversation....
It won't take very long, we promise! Follow this link to complete the online survey.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pOiGPtgim6qSqnlDALLitMg
We can't thank you enough for your support of Gnomads, and we look forward to traveling with you soon.
Cheers,
Jacob Goldblatt
obos Earth, llc
Founder
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http://stores.ebay.com/Out-of-Sweden AND www.OutofScandinavia.com have some wonderful gnome items just in time for the holiday season.
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Looking for a beautiful gnome pendant? Check out this one! view_listing.php-listing_id=15745499
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www.target.com has DVD on Gordon the Garden Gnome and a gnome rain gage.
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With the holiday season not to far away you can discover lots of gnomes looking for new homes. With the availability of internet shopping finding unique items is an adventure. www.kimmelgnomes.com is a North American manufacturer of some wonderful gnomes. At Kimmel you pay for unique design and high quality gnomes
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The Wooden Spoon in Plano, Texas always has some unique gnome items for the holiday season. Including paper napkins and other paper items. Why not visit their site and see what's new!
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Vanberia International Gifts in Decorah, Iowa ... catalog place -- sells a few gnome items (table cloths/napkins/synthetic serving tray).
1-800-628-5877.
Website doesn't have the pictures, but anyone interested can pursue it.
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www.Amazon.com has an 'Inflatable Gnome Doll'...For plastic, it's got a fairly good face.
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Email: Ekelund, Linneväveriet in Horred AB to get more information on the following 3 items available just in time for the holiday season.mail@linnevaveriet.se
OR: Contact Kate Johnston, she is their sales representative for Florida. Telephone to Kate: 904 655 4502 Fax to Kate: 904 241 6009
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TRAY - TOMTES WORKDAY from new catalog from Hemslojd Swedish Gifts.
It's 12 1/2 x 7 1/4 from www.hemslojd.com and only $12.00. Made of Melamine.
They have Christmas cards in packs of 2 designs per pack, $14.95 a pack of 6. Kind of steep w. postage, but where else can you get a Gnome card?
The card items, 6375 and 6374, aren't on the website but appear in their catalogue. So contact Hemslojd to request a catalogue! We are trying to get pictures for this newsletter.
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