The Salmon of Knowledge: An Irish Folktale Retold and Illustrated by Celina Buckley

by Celina Buckley

Overview

A creative illustrated retelling of a traditional Irish legend about an enchanted salmon that will impart all the knowledge in the world to the first person who eats it. Finnegas, a wise, eldery poet, spends his days fishing for the Salmon of Knowledge. He meets Fionn, a young boy who hopes to become a brave warrior, but who must first find a poet to instruct him. Follow the story of a young boy who sets out to become a warrior but, in an unexpected twist, acquires far more knowledge than he had ever expected to gain.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781760361631
Publisher:	Starfish Bay Publishing
Publication date:	06/05/2023
Pages:	30
Product dimensions:	10.25(w) x 10.25(h) x 0.12(d)
Age Range:	6 - 11 Years

About the Author

Celina Buckley grew up on a farm in the middle of the countryside in County Cork, Ireland. She earned her Bachelor of Education (Hons) from Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, in 2011. For the following four years, she enjoyed working as a primary school teacher. She then decided to take a break from teaching to pursue her life—long passion for drawing and children’s literature and embarked upon the Masters in Children’s Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art.