The Land of Long Ago by Elsa Beskow Form “When I was about five

“When I was about five years old

and she collaborated with her husband

In the Land of Merfolk

enhanced by Nakamura's vividly rendered full-color illustrations

The Land of Long Ago by Elsa Beskow Form “When I was about fiveKelly and Kai love to play on the gnarled old tree trunk outside their cottage in the woods: sometimes it becomes a horse, sometimes a crocodile and sometimes even a dragon. One day a mischievous gnome makes the tree trunk come to life, and the children are whisked off to the Land of Long Ago on the back of the old tree dragon. On their incredible journey Kelly and Kai meet a princess, rescue a knight and trick the king of the trolls. But will the old