The Children of Lir

by Gennady Spirin and Sheila MacGill-Callahan

Book Overview

A haunting Irish legend, believed by some to be the basis for King Lear. A king's jealous wife puts a spell on his children, changing them into swan s, until such time as the Man from the North and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803711212
• ISBN13: 9780803711211
• Release Date: March 1993
• Publisher: Dial Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.3" x 12.1"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Beautiful illustrations to a classic tale!

I have loved this story since I was a little girl, and wanted to find it for my own daughter. It is such a wonderful tale of love and devotion. I highly reccommend this book for any fairy tale lover!

Brilliant illistrations, but unimpressed with this version.

This book is superb when it comes to the pictures in the book, but I was unimpressed with the way this "Clann Lir" was told. There are many ways to tell the story, but this version seemed far from anything I've ever heard. The children's names are different from the origional names, the events that occur are completely different and so on.