| Description |
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (colour) ; 28 cm |
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age Children lcdgt |
| Summary |
An Irish storyteller revisits the little-known legend of the Mermaid Saint in a haunting, beautifully illustrated tale of kindness, music, and longing. Long ago, on the eastern coast of Ireland, a monk from the Abbey of Bangor was collecting driftwood along the wave-tossed shore when he found a boy washed up amid a circle of seals. At first the boy, wrapped in a shawl of woven seagrass, could barely move or speak. But when he regained his strength, he recalled being brought ashore by a lady with long golden hair who sang him to safety and gave him a silver ring. The monks knew the legend of a mermaid who had wandered the coast for three hundred years. Could it possibly have been her? Inspired by a story told in medieval chronicles of Irish history about a wondrous happening in the year 558, debut author Marianne McShane weaves a captivating tale, while Jordi Solano captures the legend's spare but welcoming abbey on the rocky shore -- a setting that makes you believe that if you listen hard enough, you too can hear the mermaid's song." --Publisher's website. |
| Subject |
Mermaids -- Juvenile literature.
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Folklore -- Ireland -- Juvenile literature.
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Tales -- Ireland -- Juvenile literature.
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| Genre |
Children's stories.
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| Added Author |
Solano, Jordi, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
9781536200225 (hardcover) |
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1536200220 (hardcover) |
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