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Graffeg (2017), Edition: First Edition, 48 pages
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This is the story of a boy who falls in love with the sea. One in a series of short stories that explore the deeper, darker side of our connection with the natural world, this story is for older children and adults, and is inspired by ancient folk tales and a love of nature. Be ready to feel a little bit of magic, and perhaps a few shivers down the spine.
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LibraryThing member AbigailAdams26
The youngest of three fisherman brothers, Keenan Mowat loved the sea... and it loved him right back. One night, waiting to go out on the water, he was visited by a strange old man who warned him of a coming storm, and advised him to take three things - a hook, an axe and a silver sword - with him.
The second of British author Nicola Davies' marvelous Shadows and Light series, which presents original folktales intended to "explore the deeper, darker side of our connection with the natural world," Mother Cary's Butter Knife is a gripping tale. I thought that both the story and the accompanying artwork, done by German-born illustrator Anja Uhren, were beautiful. This is the fourth book I have read from the Wales-based publisher Graffeg - the others are Davies' first book in this series, The White Hare, and Jackie Morris' two picture-books, The Ice Bear and The Snow Leopard - and I have to say, they produce absolutely gorgeous books, from a visual, aesthetic perspective. They also (from my limited reading) publish engrossing stories! I will certainly be looking for more from them, as well as for the final two in the Shadows and Light series. Recommended to older children who enjoy folktales and folktale-type stories.
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Lacking only the third, he stole the much-treasured silver butter knife from Mother Cary's local pub, and to sea he went. Here he and his brothers, after an epic battle with the waves, has a surreal experience with the daughters of the sea, an experience that Keenan would never forget. For although he was never a fisherman again, after that night, his love of the sea (and one of its daughters) was only made the stronger...The second of British author Nicola Davies' marvelous Shadows and Light series, which presents original folktales intended to "explore the deeper, darker side of our connection with the natural world," Mother Cary's Butter Knife is a gripping tale. I thought that both the story and the accompanying artwork, done by German-born illustrator Anja Uhren, were beautiful. This is the fourth book I have read from the Wales-based publisher Graffeg - the others are Davies' first book in this series, The White Hare, and Jackie Morris' two picture-books, The Ice Bear and The Snow Leopard - and I have to say, they produce absolutely gorgeous books, from a visual, aesthetic perspective. They also (from my limited reading) publish engrossing stories! I will certainly be looking for more from them, as well as for the final two in the Shadows and Light series. Recommended to older children who enjoy folktales and folktale-type stories.
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English
Physical description
48 p.; 6 inches
ISBN
1910862479 / 9781910862476