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Synopsis
Meryl's mother was a great bard—a storyteller and musician who sang of life and the world around her. Meryl, already an orphan, wants fo follow in her mother's footsteps. Highly spirited and curious, she has broken a sacred rule and has been suspended from her studies. Undaunted, Meryl decides to achieve her goal another way—she undertakes a quest in search of the mythical Avalon. Her great adventure leads her to find her own true voice through music and song. Set in a time when legends are part of everyday life, A Riddle of Roses is an intriguing fantasy springing from Celtic myth and tradition.
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About the Authors
Caryl Cude Mullin grew up on an island on Canada’s eastern shore, and as a result she developed an abiding fascination with islands and odd characters. She now lives in Montreal, Quebec.
A professional illustrator who has worked in both England and Canada, Kasia Charko has illustrated a number of projects, including a recent picture book called The Boogie Woogie Bear. She lives with her family in the small community of Alton, Ontario.
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Gr. 4-7. Meryl, expelled from the Hall for a year for reading the great bard Taliesin's collection of songs and adventures, heads on her own quest to Avalon. She vows to return with wisdom, the sign of being the bard that she so desperately wants to become. Canadian author Mullin has written a fantasy replete with genre conventions: magical talismans, fairy helpers, and a variety of humans, both good and evil, who facilitate--and interrupt--her quest to become a bard. Simultaneously far-fetched and charming, this offers that special intermediate reader a glimpse into an imaginative world that combines elements of myth, Arthurian legend, folklore, and fairy tale. Frances Bradburn
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Paperback. Condition: Good. Meryl's mother was a great bard - a storyteller and musician who sang of life and the world around her. Meet Meryl, already an orphan, who wants to follow in her mother's footsteps. Highly spirited and curious, she has broken a sacred rule and has been suspended from her studies. Undaunted, Meryl decides to achieve her goal in a different way - she undertakes a special quest in search of the mythical Avalon. Her great adventure leads her to find her own true voice through music and song. Set in a time when legends and superstition are part of everyday life, A Riddle of Roses is an intriguing fantasy springing from Celtic myth and tradition. In it, Caryl Cude Mullin has created a vivid world, peopled by memorable, if not always human, characters. Seller Inventory # CIN1896764282G
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good ++. Kasia Charko (cover) (illustrator). First Edition. 222 pages by a first-time Canadian author. The story deals with Meryl's quest to Avalon. Read more about : potato pots, riddles, Halstatt, draoi, humans, Pedr, Albaine, herb-patch, and storytellers. Charko has also done the b/w drawings in each chapter. Cond : Paper wrapper is orange with white lettering. Front cover illustration shows a forest nymph, a castle and Meryl with her harp. Colours bright. no names, marks, creases, nor tears. Very slight spine twist. Clean. Quote (p. 166) : The fool strode into the centre of the roaring chaos. There he stuck Meryl's staff firmly into the ground and proceeded to swing around it, like a crazed Morris dancer. That caught the attention of enough of the surrounding fairies and rabbits that ._._._. ." Size: 8vo. Seller Inventory # 009130
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