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Anne-Cath. Vestly

Born

in Rena, Åmot, Hedmark, Norway

February 15, 1920

Died

December 15, 2008

Genre

Children's

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Anne-Catharina Vestly, but published as Anne-Cath. Vestly is a Norwegian actress and author of children books. She debuted with "Ole Aleksander Filibom-bom-bom" in 1953. Her first works were designed to be read on the radio, making the language to a greater extent oral than in her later books. Through the Norwegian children radio program "Barnetimen for de minste" she developed a large audience for her children stories. Some of her books were adapted into movies. As an actress, the Anne-Cath. Vestly herself played the role as the grandmother in the films about "Mormor og de åtte ungene". An interesting aspect of Vestly's books are that she has created her own little town, "Tiriltoppen", where many of her characters live. Hence, earlier prot ...more

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Average rating: 4.2 · 3,754 ratings · 169 reviews · 103 distinct works • Similar authors

	Eight Children and a Truck (Eight Children, #1) by Anne-Cath. Vestly, Patricia Crampton (Translator) 4.39 avg rating — 831 ratings — published 1957 — 32 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mormor og de åtte ungene i skogen (Eight Children, #2) 4.31 avg rating — 423 ratings — published 1958 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Marte og Mormor og Mormor og Morten (Eight Children, #3) 4.25 avg rating — 205 ratings — published 1959 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hello, Aurora (Aurora, #1) by Anne-Cath. Vestly, Eileen Amos (Translator), Jane Fairfax (Adaptation) 4.31 avg rating — 201 ratings — published 1966 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lillebror og Knerten (Knerten, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 158 ratings — published 1962 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mormor og de åtte ungene på sykkeltur i Danmark (Eight Children, #6) by Anne-Cath. Vestly, Johan Vestly (Illustrator), Elvi Lumet (Translator), Mare Hunt (Illustrator) 4.44 avg rating — 140 ratings — published 1986 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Eight Children and Rosie (Eight Children, #4) 4.29 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 1960 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mormors promenade (Eight Children, #5) 4.25 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 1961 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ole Aleksander Filibom-bom-bom (Ole Aleksander, #1) by Anne-Cath. Vestly, Johan Vestly (Illustrator) 3.92 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 1953 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trofaste Knerten (Knerten, #2) by Anne-Cath. Vestly, Johan Vestly (Illustrator) 4.06 avg rating — 90 ratings — published 1963 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Eight Children (7 books)
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Anne-Cath. Vestly,

Johan Vestly (Illustrator),

Elvi Lumet (Translator),

Mare Hunt (Illustrator)

4.34 avg rating — 1,922 ratings

Mormor og de 8 ungene (1 book)
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Anne-Cath. Vestly,

Patricia Crampton (Translator)

4.39 avg rating — 831 ratings

Knerten (8 books)
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Anne-Cath. Vestly

4.06 avg rating — 519 ratings

Aurora (7 books)
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Anne-Cath. Vestly,

Johan Vestly (Illustrator)

4.26 avg rating — 477 ratings

Guro (7 books)
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Anne-Cath. Vestly

4.03 avg rating — 344 ratings

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“Barn, de skal man snakke til som til alle andre folk.”
― Anne-Cath. Vestly

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