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Across the Rainbow Bridge: Stories of Norse Gods and Humans
Kevin Crossley-Holland
Illustrator: Jeffrey Alan Love
Ages: 9+
Published: 2021
Publisher: Candlewick Studio/Candlewick Press
ISBN: 978-1-5362-1771-1
Keywords: Ancient cultures, Iceland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark
Fallible, capricious, and enigmatic, these gods of the Scandinavian peoples interact with humans when the mood takes them, with unpredictable results. Haunting limited-palette illustrations.