Tales of Deltora

by Emily Rodda and Marc McBride

Book Overview

Discover the stories behind the legends in a lavishly illustrated new addition to the hugely successful Deltora series. Where did the mysterious Shadow Lord come from? How did his seven ferocious... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439877857
• ISBN13: 9780439877855
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.3" x 10.5"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Attractive book

The book really looks cool with it's jewels on the cover. High quality appearance. My son enjoyed all these books.

Pretty much the Bible of Deltora

I did not not exactly what this book would involve. I fell in love two years ago with Rodda's Deltora books and therefore had to read this one--wondering what "Tales" would be included. With all due respect to Ms. Rodda, it's not always wise for authors to go on huge tangents with a fantasy series. So, happily enough, this stays close to the heart of Deltora. It is a book writtne by Josef the Librarian to give a brief history of Deltora, and is divided into two sections: The Tenna Birdsong tales of Jardis culture (Josef believes these to contain a nugget of truth) that tell of how the world came to be, and the Rise of Adin, which gives a marvelous story of Adin's coming and uniting of the seven tribes that rivals anything else Rodda has written. This book shows that Rodda's genius of Deltora was not just limited to the series. While this could be enjoyed without reading anything else, it helps flesh out the Deltora magic. A must-read for any Deltora fan.

A treasured favorite

When I first picked up this book filled with so many unbelievably gorgeous illustrations, I didn't think the content of the text could possibly live up to them. My daughter and I were pleasently surprised. It has become her favorite book and a wonderous journey for young and old.

WOW!!!

This is a wonderful book, it is one of my favorites! it has wonderful illustrations that are the best I've ever seen! It has 2 parts the first are stories about the land before the acual book, it is as cool as the book itself. The second part is about Adin, a blacksmith who unites the 7 tribes and makes a belt and puts all the jewls on it!pick up this book!!!!!!!!!

Tales of Deltora

In my opinion this is the most wonderful Deltora book of them all. It is beautifully illustrated by Marc McBride and the writing by Emily Rodda is equally stunning as all her writing is. There are two parts to this book. The first part explains the ancient history of the Shadowlands, the Ak-Baba and the Shadowlord. The second is about how Adin, the first king of Deltora and also the maker of the Belt of Deltora, united the seven tribes (Del, Ralad, Plains, Mere, Dread Gnome, Toran and Jalis) and collected each of their gems (the topaz, the ruby, the opal, the lapis lazuli, the emerald, the amethyst and the diamond). Also for fans who want to order this book right away you can go to Australian on-line bookstores and buy the book there where the book has already been released. And for even more Deltoran delights go to a Japanese bookstore in your area or search on-line for the Deltora comic series issued in Bombom (a monthly Japanese comic magazine). Even though the comic is in Japanese you can pretty much understand what's going on if you've read the books. Thank you Emily Rodda for creating this wonderful series.