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7 reviews
Rebecca Hickox

Skandisk, 2003

Book Description
Set in a Swedish village long ago, Per and the Dala Horse is the tale of a young boy's quest to recover a golden chalice stolen by trolls. When an old farmer dies, he leaves all his worldly possessions to his three sons. The eldest inherits the farm. The middle son receives a fine riding horse. But Per, the youngest son, receives only a beautifully carved and painted wooden horse. When the ...

Per and the Dala Horse

1 review
Yvonne (illustrator) Gilbert Rebecca Hickox

Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers 1995, 1995

Per and the Dala Horse (by Rebecca Hickox)
Picture book. Illustrated by Yvonne Gilbert Set in a Swedish village long ago, Per and the Dala Horse is the charming tale of a young boy's quest to recover a golden chalice stolen by trolls. When an old farmer dies, he leaves all his worldly possessions to his three sons. The eldest inherits the farm. The middle son receives a fine riding horse. But Per, the youngest son, receives only a ...

Matreshka

1 review
Rebecca Hickox

Demco Media, 1996

A Catchy Rhyme
My daughter (4 1/2 years) was mesmerized by the "Matreshka, Matreshka, I may be small, but I'm not the smallest one of all" rhyme repeated in the story. She collects matryoshka dolls and spent days recreating the story. This is a great story for anyone who loves nesting dolls or small things. It emphasizes that sometimes being quite small is an advantage.

The Golden Sandal: A Middle Eastern Cinderella Story

4 reviews
Rebecca Hickox

Holiday House, 1999

A timely tale with an Iraqi version of the Cinderella story
"The Golden Sandal: A Middle Eastern Cinderella Story" is based on the Iraqi folktale of "The Little Red Fish and the Clog of Gold" retold by Rebecca Hickox with illustrations by Will Hillenbrand. Cinderella in this case is a young girl named Maha. Her widowed father is a fisherman who has to be away from home often so Maha has been wishing for him to remarry the kindly neighbor lady who has a ...

Per and the Dala Horse
Rebecca Hickox & Yvonne Gilbert

Doubleday, 1995

Zorro and Quwi

1 review
Rebecca Hickox

Yearling, 1998

Excellent book for any age!
Quwi, a sly guinea pig, outwits Zorro, a malicious fox, who repeatedly tries to make a meal out of him. Zorro and Quwi is an outstanding example of quality children's literature. This book is highly entertaining for a person of any age. This story if full of action, and the illustrations are highly complimentary. It contains humor and the characters are easy to understand. A clear pattern is ...