The Maiden of Northland: A Hero Tale of Finland

by Aaron Shepard

Book Overview

Not so long ago, in the tiny, isolated villages of Finland, where prolonged summer days gave way to endless winter nights, people would pass the time by singing the many adventures of their favorite... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689804857
• ISBN13: 9780689804854
• Release Date: May 1996
• Publisher: Atheneum Books
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.3" x 10.3"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7

Customer Reviews

Beauty and magic of the Kalevala retold

Aaron Shepard's loving and powerful retelling of the Kalevala epic captures the beauty, magic, poetry and grace of the original in a form highly accessible even to very young children. My half-Finnish daughters (ages 5 and 7) sat captivated through a first reading and insisted on a second, thoroughly entranced by the magical power of Vainamoinen's poetry and song and eager to touch their Finnish heritage. But there's enough depth here to appeal to older children, too. Carol Schwartz's rich and colorful illustrations add a glimpse of daily life in the ancient Finnish countryside that makes the magic all the more real by placing it among such believable folk.