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E P Dutton & Co Inc (1998), Hardcover, 32 pages
Description
Based on a Welsh legend about Prince Llywelyn and his loyal dog Gelert, who is wrongly banished when the prince believes that the dog has attacked his son.
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LibraryThing member ekean06
This Welsh legend is the story of a prince and the dog who was his loyal companion. Through the story the prince learns the value of loyalty because though he often neglected his dog the dog never leaves his side making him a very lucky man.
LibraryThing member ECraine
I was unfamiliar with this tale, and found it lovely and sad. I’ll admit I’m a sucker for “animal stories” and fully confess how easy it is to pull at my emotions. But this truly was a sad, bittersweet sort of a story – yes I cried. It was amazing how strongly connected the reader can
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feel with Gelert, the wolfhound, in such a short amount of time. I enjoyed how the story came full circle, ending with the Prince’s son in the same position, as “the luckiest lad in Wales,” that the Prince started at. The epilogue, with its vague, mystic tone, wrapped the tale up perfectly. Show Less
LibraryThing member justine.marxer
Age app: intermediate
Genre: Folk-tale
This was an excellent example for folk-tales. The story is based on Prince Llywelyn and his dog Gelert. The author does not confirm that the tale is true, only that, "In Wales, truth can be like the mountains, silent and unmovable. Or it can be like the brooks
Genre: Folk-tale
This was an excellent example for folk-tales. The story is based on Prince Llywelyn and his dog Gelert. The author does not confirm that the tale is true, only that, "In Wales, truth can be like the mountains, silent and unmovable. Or it can be like the brooks
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that trickle through the mountains-ever sparkling, ever changing, ever slipping into time." Show Less
LibraryThing member Y-NhiVu
This book is about a man and his dog. It shows the loyalty of a dog, no matter what if you abandon it, the dog will always be loyal.
LibraryThing member Salsabrarian
The story of Prince Llywelyn, Prince of Wales and his loyal wolfhound Gelert. Llywelyn romps with Gelert as a boy but as he grows, marries, has a son and runs the country, he has less time to devote to his dog, although Gelert remains loyal throughout. Llywelyn almost kills Gelert thinking Gelert
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has killed his baby son but realizes Gelert fought and killed the wolf that tried to get to the baby. Show Less
Awards
Texas Bluebonnet Award (Nominee — 2001)
Marion Vannett Ridgway Award (Winner — 1999)
Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award (Nominee — 2001)
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32 p.; 11.24 inches
ISBN
0803722923 / 9780803722927
Local notes
An exquisitely illustrated tale, based on the legend of Llywelyn, a thirteenth-century Welsh prince, and his loyal hound, Gelert.