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Issue Details: First known date: 1935... 1935 All the Way to Barcelona
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The continued adventures of Olga from Lapland and her friends Ivan the reindeer and the Squirrel-That-Knows-Everything. When the stupid and gullible Ivan eats the Squirrel's magic nut, Olga, Squirrel, and Ivan must set out for Barcelona to find a replacement nut.

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  • Dedication: 'To Nick, although he's almost a man.'
  • Sequel to The Tale of the Little White Fox.

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y separately published work icon The Tale of the Little White Fox H. S. Blake , Sydney : Waite and Bull , 1932 Z1488389 1932 single work children's fiction children's The story of Olga, a little girl from Lapland. Olga's father sells animal skins to fur traders who come once a year to buy his wares. Olga doesn't mind that her father trades in the furs of bears and wolves, but she wishes he wouldn't trap the beautiful white foxes. One day, he brings home for Olga the tail of a little white fox who managed to escape the trap, but at the expense of its tail. Olga is pleased for the fox, but sad, too. That night, Olga sleeps with the tail under her pillow, and wakes up to find an unexpected visitor.
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Books for Children 1935 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 28 December 1935; (p. 12)
— Review of Master Davy's Locker : A Story of Adventure in the Under Sea Ernest Wells , 1935 single work children's fiction ; All the Way to Barcelona H. S. Blake , 1935 single work children's fiction ; Bush Ragamuffins 'Elizabeth Marc' , 1935 single work children's fiction
Books for Children 1935 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 28 December 1935; (p. 12)
— Review of Master Davy's Locker : A Story of Adventure in the Under Sea Ernest Wells , 1935 single work children's fiction ; All the Way to Barcelona H. S. Blake , 1935 single work children's fiction ; Bush Ragamuffins 'Elizabeth Marc' , 1935 single work children's fiction
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