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Author
Publisher
Barefoot Books
Pub. Date
2000
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Fascinating anthology of Irish folk and fairy tales is greatly enhanced by artwork of Niamh Sharkey. It includes seven stories. Some of the tales are unsettling, some are sad, some have satisfying conclusions.
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
[2010]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Retells the Celtic folktale of Tamlynne, a young knight in the court of the Elfin Queen, and Elaine, who is enticed into a nearby wood and, once inside, meets and falls in love with the young knight.
Author
Publisher
Eerdmans Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2002.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Relates a legend about the Irish slave girl who became Saint Brigid, beginning with a celestial song, a mysterious gift, and a prophecy on the night of her birth.
12) False mermaid
Author
Series
Nora Gavin and Cormac Maguire series volume 3
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
"American pathologist Nora Gavin fled to Ireland three years ago, hoping that distance from home would bring her peace. Though she threw herself into the study of bog bodies and the mysteries of their circumstances, she was ultimately led back to the one mystery she was unable to solve, the murder of her sister, Tríona ... Determined to put her sister's case to rest and anxious about her eleven-year-old niece, Elizabeth, Nora returns to Saint Paul,...
Author
Series
Magic tree house fact trackers volume 21
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Join Jack and Annie as they research leprechauns and Irish folklore and find out the facts behind the fiction.
14) Drabne of Dole
Author
Series
Publisher
Chelsea House
Pub. Date
1990
Language
English
Description
The Celtic hero Finn McCool outwits the sorceress Drabne of Dole, acquiring the magical knowledge he needs to avenge the death of his father Cuhal.
Series
Publisher
Sirius Publishing
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
The leprechaun is one of the iconic symbols of Ireland. But for all the fantastical creature's popularity, the folk tales fromwhich he emerged are largely unknown. In this anthology the masterful poet W. B. Yeats has collected and collated the enthralling stories of the Irish peasantry. They have been carefully divided into categories ranging from ghost stories to tales of the devil to stories of witches and fairy doctors. The stories are just as...
17) Savage her reply
Author
Publisher
Little Island Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A dark, feminist retelling of 'The Children of Lir' told in Sullivan's hypnotic prose. A retelling of the favourite Irish fairytale 'The Children of Lir'. Aífe marries Lir, a king with four children by his previous wife. Jealous of his affection for his children, the witch Aífe turns them into swans for 900 years. Retold through the voice of Aífe, Savage Her Reply is unsettling and dark, feminist and fierce, yet nuanced in its exploration of the...
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