THE SAILOR WHO CAPTURED THE SEA: And Other Celtic Tales

Deborah Nourse Lattimore, . . HarperTrophy, $4.25 (, $4.25 ISBN p) ISBN 978-0-06-442153-9

The author here combines the titular tale, set in Ireland in 804 and originally published as a picture book in 1991, with a story set in Scotland about a king that wins out over the Faery Folk, and another set on the rocky cliffs of Cornwall. Ages 7-10. (Jan.)

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