Celtic Fairy Tales

by Neil Philip

Book Overview

An Irish proverb tells us. "A tale is more precious than the wealth of the world," and judging from the richness of their storytelling traditions, the Celts have always believed this. In In fairy... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670883875
• ISBN13: 9780670883875
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Viking Children's Books
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.8" x 10.4"
• Age Range: 8 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 3 and higher

Customer Reviews

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Full of interesting stories, great art work and enjoyable read. I pick up this book for a friend who was looking for a copy and she loves it.

Best Celtic Fairy Tales book, IMHO

I collect Celtic Fairy Tales. I have Jacobs, Young, and many more. Usually the books are inappropriate for very young children because of their graphic violence or too-abstract artistry. But Philip manages to take the traditional tales, and make them sound better, shorter, and less violent. And the illustrations are simply breathtaking with the gold-leaf papers and thick, gold-edged paper... the book is vaguely reminisent of the old books (e.g. Book of Kells) in that every page is illustrated in some way -- it's absolutely breathtaking. This is an excellent selection of stories as well.