Tämä sivusto käyttää evästeitä palvelujen toimittamiseen, toiminnan parantamiseen, analytiikkaan ja (jos et ole kirjautunut sisään) mainostamiseen. Käyttämällä LibraryThingiä ilmaiset, että olet lukenut ja ymmärtänyt käyttöehdot ja yksityisyydensuojakäytännöt. Sivujen ja palveluiden käytön tulee olla näiden ehtojen ja käytäntöjen mukaista.
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.… (lisätietoja)
Monk from the nearby monastery was walking the coast looking for driftwood when he happened upon a circle of seals with a boy in the middle. The old Monk took the boy back to the monastery and helped him heal. Ronan was the boys name and he was sure he had been saved by a mermaid. But do mermaids really exist? The author weaves a tale based on an ancient Irish legend. The story combines with the beautiful illustrations to tell of a story of survival, compassion and belief. This book would be a good read aloud for older elementary students. It would be a great addition to a collection of myths and fairytales. ( )
A lovely, old tale inspired by the "Annals of the Four Masters," a medieval chronicle of Irish history, when in 558, a mermaid was caught in a fisherman's net. ( )
Tiedot englanninkielisestä Yhteisestä tiedosta.Muokkaa kotoistaaksesi se omalle kielellesi.
For my daughter, Catriona, who dances in my heart like moonlight on sea waves -M.M.
For my daughter, Catriona, who dances in my heart like moonlight on sea waves -M. M.
For Ana - for the most wonderful adventure that's about to begin -J.S.
For Ana - for the most wonderful adventure that's about to begin -J. S.
Ensimmäiset sanat
Tiedot englanninkielisestä Yhteisestä tiedosta.Muokkaa kotoistaaksesi se omalle kielellesi.
Long ago in Ireland, when fairy folk dwelt in the hills and merfolk swam in the seas, saints and holy men lived in little beehive huts dotted along lonely shores.
Sitaatit
Tiedot englanninkielisestä Yhteisestä tiedosta.Muokkaa kotoistaaksesi se omalle kielellesi.
In the evenings, Brother Declan would sit by the boy's bed and tell him the old tales while the candle burned low. He told him about selkies, the seal people, who could shed their skins on full-moon nights and take on human shape. He told him about Liban, who was turned into a mermaid when a great lake flooded her home and drowned all who lived there. For three hundred years she had roamed the lonesome seas.
His melodies could soothe with the hush of the sleep song, fill the heart with joy, or soften sorrow with the pluck of a single harp string.
Viimeiset sanat
Tiedot englanninkielisestä Yhteisestä tiedosta.Muokkaa kotoistaaksesi se omalle kielellesi.
But more wonderful still, he could charm the merfolk up from the waves, for when he played his harp on full-moon nights, the selkies danced on the sands and Liban sang her songs of the sea.
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.
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