Celtic Fairy Tales: Retold with an Introduction by Neil Philip

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Viking, 1999 - Fiction - 137 pages
Ornately illustrated stories from many Celtic regions are featured in this collection of 20 enthralling classics, including "The Battle of the Birds, " "Finn MacCool and the Scotch Giant, " and "The Ship that Went to America."

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INTRODUCTION
11
The Black Bull of Norroway Scotland
67
Duffy and the Devil Cornwall
78
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Celtic Fairy Tales
Isabelle Brent
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About the author (1999)

Neil Philip is a writer, folklorist and poet. He is married to the artist Emma Bradford, and lives in the Cotswolds, England. Neil loves words, poetry, and the art of storytelling in all its forms. Among his many books are A Fine Anger, Victorian Village Life, The Cinderella Story, The Penguin Book of English Folktales, Mythology (with Philip Wilkinson), The Great Mystery, War and the Pity of War, The New Oxford Book of Childrens Verse, The Tale of Sir Gawain, Horse Hooves & Chicken Feet, and The Adventures of Odysseus. Neil has contributed to numerous journals, including The Times, and Signal: Approaches to Childrens Books, and has also written for stage, screen, and radio. His work has won numerous awards and honours, including the Aesop Award of the American Folklore Society and the Literary Criticism Book Award of the Childrens Literature Association.

Bibliographic information

TitleCeltic Fairy Tales: Retold with an Introduction by Neil Philip
Compiled byNeil Philip
Illustrated byIsabelle Brent
ContributorNeil Philip
Editionillustrated
PublisherViking, 1999
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedDec 14, 2010
ISBN0670883875, 9780670883875
Length137 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Fiction / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
Juvenile Fiction / Fairy Tales & Folklore / Anthologies
Juvenile Fiction / Legends, Myths, Fables / General
  
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