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This volume offers a popular, easily digestible introduction to Celtic folklore and mythology. In addition to sixteen folktales, including retellings of old favorites such as The Buried Moon and Binmorie and newly reworked stories such as The Baker and the Fairies, the book contains background material, ballads with both words and music, and recommended readings. Published as part of the World Folklore series, this book differs from some of the other series entries in not being merely a collection of ready-to-tell tales for storytellers, but rather an accessible overture to Celtic history and folklore for anyone. Librarians looking for a comprehensive collection of Celtic tales for storytellers or researchers, such as the work of Joseph Jacobs or Seamus MacManus, will find instead a readable preamble for students taking coursework in European history or forensics, or for students curious about their heritage. McNeil provides a bibliography of further readings for each story, which forensic students in particular should find helpful. The price might place it beyond some high school library budgets, but it would fill its own niche in a public library collection. VOYA CODES: 3Q 2P S A/YA (Readable without serious defects; For the YA with a special interest in the subject; Senior High, defined as grades 10 to 12; Adult and Young Adult). 2001, Libraries Unlimited, 217p. PLB— Marsha Valance
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