Children of Lir

Children of Lir

£9.50
 



In the North Sea a jealous queen transforms King Lir's three children into swans, doomed to spend nine hundred years tossed by the icy waves. Will the children of Lir escape their tragic destiny?

The Children of Lir is one of Ireland's best known traditional tales. A haunting myth beautifully retold, Dawn Casey's adaptation of 'The Children of Lir' will captivate children around the world. This well-loved Celtic tale is an excellent example of traditional storytelling and provides a platform for introducing readers to Celtic mythology, as well as encouraging creative reading and writing.

Please note that the following dual language editions can be used with TalkingPEN: Arabic, Cantonese, Farsi, French, German, Irish, Panjabi, Polish, Portuguese, Somali, Tamil, Turkish,  Urdu and Vietnamese. Other editions are not TalkingPEN-enabled at the moment.

ISBN: 
9781852698836
Author: 
Dawn Casey
Illustrator: 
Diana Mayo
Weight: 
250 g
Keywords: 
myth ks2 celtic myth cold icy north sea evil queen step children swan swans doomed powerful tragic evocative imagination world irish dawn casey diana mayo age 9 10 11 12 ks3
Minimum Age: 
9
Maximum Age: 
14
SKU:
LIRUR