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Description for The Selkie Girl
Paperback. Adaptation of the beautiful traditional Scottish folk tale of the selkie (a seal who can become human). Shonagh's seal skin is found by a lonely little boy. Will Fergus and the selkie girl become friends? Illustrator(s): Mhasane, Ruchi. Series: Picture Kelpies: Traditional Scottish Tales. Num Pages: 32 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 5AD; YBCS; YFJ. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 293 x 220 x 5. Weight in Grams: 208.
Fergus lives with his father by the sea, but is lonely. He wants a friend more than anything.
One day Fergus finds treasure on the beach: a beautiful fur blanket hidden in the rocks. But Fergus doesn't know that his treasure belongs to someone else -- a selkie girl has lost her seal skin and can't go home to the sea without it.
Will Fergus give his new friend what she needs, and risk being lonely again?
This is a lovely retelling of the traditional Scottish folk tale of the selkie (a seal who can become human) ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Floris Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Picture Kelpies: Traditional Scottish Tales
Condition
New
Weight
208g
Number of Pages
36
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781782501305
SKU
V9781782501305
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-31
About Janis Mackay
Janis Mackay currently lives in Edinburgh, where she teaches creative writing and works as a writer and storyteller. She is the author of several novels for older children including the Magnus Fin trilogy, and The Accidental Time Traveller, winner of a Scottish Children's Book Award. Ruchi Mhasane has a masters degree in Children's Book Illustration from Cambridge School of Art. ... Read more
Reviews for The Selkie Girl
'Janis Mackay's thoughtful and touching retelling of this classic scottish folk tale is beautifully brought to life by Ruchi Mhasane's illustrations, and the lyrical text makes this a wonderful story to read before bedtime.'
ReadItDaddy 'Beautiful books which are a great introduction to the folklore genre... Wonderful stories which will give children a real sense of Scottish culture.' ... Read more
ReadItDaddy 'Beautiful books which are a great introduction to the folklore genre... Wonderful stories which will give children a real sense of Scottish culture.' ... Read more