As the Wikipedia entry for Larry Woiwode indicates, he has “published a dozen books in a variety of genres, six of which have been named notable books of the year by the New York Times Book Review.” But until now he’s never written a children’s story for Christmas: The Invention of Lefse. (Those from Minn-e-so-ta and/or with Scandinavian roots will get hungry just hearing that word; those elsewhere may be confused!)
As Woiwode tells Books & Culture‘s John Wilson in the short clip below, this is now his favorite book that he’s written:
You can preview the book below: