FOUR DVDS CELEBRATE NORWEGIAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE

Prairie Cabin: A Norwegian Pioneer Woman's Story

DVD (cc) 15 minutes; $19.95; order #8003; ISBN#978-1-60118-025-4. Resource guide 114 pages, $19.95; order #8002; ISBN#1-877933-16-5. An immigrant pioneer woman learns to love the prairie--her new home. "Highly recommended." --Landers Film & Video Reviews. "Wonderfully sensitive; gives viewers a deeper understanding and appreciation for what it takes to embrace a new land" --Video Rating Guide.

America Fever: A Norwegian Emigration Story

DVD (cc) 15 minutes; $19.95; order #13003; ISBN#978-1-60118--23-0. Resource guide 114 pages, $19.95; order #13002; ISBN#1-877933-50-3. The narrator's most prized keepsake takes up no room at all: the songs she sings with her mother and sister as she prepares to leave them, probably forever. "America Fever is one of the most moving treatments of immigration I have ever seen; overpowering" --Practical Historian.

Ethel Kvalheim, Rosemaler
28-minute DVD (cc), $19.95, order #31003; ISBN#978-1-60118-032-2
The Art of Ethel Kvalheim
18-minute DVD (cc), $19.95, order #11003; ISBN#978-1-60118-033-9.
Resource guide (for both), $19.95; order #11002; ISBN#1-877933-24-4.

Both DVDs weave together brilliant, full-color photography of Kvalheim and her work with soundtracks combining Kvalheim’s first-person narrative and Norwegian-American music. Kvalheim’s rosemaling (decorative painting on wood) is admired throughout the United States and Europe. She has received many awards, including prestigious citations from the American and Norwegian governments. "Breathtakingly beautiful with remarkable color saturation and exquisite detail; very high intellectual quality and production standards" --Practical Historian. "Beautifully presented" --School Library Journal. "Beautifully done" --Vesterheim Rosemaling Letter.

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