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upon a time, and a very good time it was too, when the streets were paved with penny loaves and houses are whitewashed with buttermilk and the pigs ran round with knives and forks in their hands shouting, "Eat me, eat me!" there lived a King of Ireland and he had three sons named Art, Neart and Ceart.


Thus begins a classic fairy tale of a young man who must free a lovely princess from the clutches of an evil giant.
The story is welltold, but it's the art that brings it to life,

Definitely a keeper, P. J Lynch's pictures are always great, but the story was awkwardly written and not my fave to read aloud.
I am not sure what part was strangerthe part where Art hid in the horse's bottom under his tail or the part where Art hid in the horse's gums under his teeth! So very odd.
This book is the transcription of an audio recording of this story, and it read as such.
It would have been a much better book if it would have been specifically crafted as a picture book.
Gorgeous illustrations and charming story, I loved the structure of the tale, and as an American, the exotic foods, The illustrations are Grand and I'm looking forward to the opportunity to share this story with young and old alike.
Although I think I'm going to have a hard time finding an old old man,Star for the story,for the pictures, The writing was awkward. The man hides in the horses tail hole The girl has no brain and just goes along with him.
Disappointing story that ends abruptly with a blurb that the writer “will make a long story short.
” After that long, bizarre, choppy and awkward story, we get cut off Who wrote this This was a really weird fable that for some reason I had a hard time reading aloud.
After thend read, I discovered there were a few occasions where the author changed the from past tense to present tense on purpose by accident bad copy editing which really ruined the flow of the story for me.
Also Dexyo always wanted me to skip over the exhaustive list of foods the hero ate.


Really nice illustrations though! Kate Greenaway medalist P, J. Lynch provides the beautiful paintings for this rollicking traditional tale, in which the youngest of the King of Ireland's sons rescues a Greek princess from a giant keeping her captive.
This wellwritten, adventurous tale is lengthy and wordytoo long for most preschool children, The only source note given is that it was transcribed from a tape recording, This is an Irish folktale about literally a tail, lmfao No seriously, the tail part shocked me and traumatized me a little, But this story is supposed to be a silly, quirky tale with a satisfying ending, The illustrations are a work of art, Love the illustrations and story, Great story with some excellent turns of phrase to inspire telling, When the King of Ireland dispatches his three sons Art, Neart and Ceart to determine the source of the heavenly music that can be heard all throughout the land, he promises half his kingdom to the one who can solve the mystery.
In true fairytale style, it is the youngest who triumphs, journeying through a strange underground land to the palace of a terrible giant, where he discovers the daughter of the King of Greece at her harp.
Aided by a magical horse, Art defeats the giant and rescues the princess, returning home for his reward.
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An original tale first published as part of sitelinkBrendan Behan's Island: An Irish SketchBook in, The King of Ireland's Son utilizes so many of the traditional motifs of the folk genre the three sons, the three old men met on the journey, the magical horse, and the hiding places uses by Art that it seems like "the real thing.
" P. J. Lynch who has also worked on Hans Christian Andersen's sitelinkThe Snow Queen, and E.
Nesbit's sitelinkMelisande contributes gorgeous artwork to this edition, colorful and expressive, Well worth the time of anyone interested in Irish folklore and storytelling, although readers should be aware that this is a very different tale from the similarly titled sitelinkThe King of Ireland's Son, written by Padraic Colum in.
Sent to find the source of the heavenly music heard throughout the kingdom, the youngest son of the King of Ireland finds a beautiful maiden held captive by a fierce giant.
Myyearold daughter: "I liked it! Especially when he went into the little holes to hide!"
Myyearold son: "I loooved it! I liked the giant and the horse and everything!"

We enjoyed this Irish tale about the quest of the King of Ireland's three sons search for the source of the heavenly music.
Transcribed from a tape recording, it lends itself well to reading aloud, The paintings illustrate the story on every page, sometimes gracing an entire page with vivid colors and expressive characters.
We really enjoyed this story and it is one myyearold has requested already to be read again and again.


We'll be adding this book to our home library! A wonderfully illustrated tale from Ireland.
While I was not familiar with this particular story, there are elements from other tales that make it strangely familiar.
Then again, I had read a lot European fairy tales,

This story is told in a way a tale would have been told in the days of oral tradition.
The author does a great job evoking the feeling

of intimacy one gets when sitting down and listening to a master storyteller as he weaves the tale, pausing here and there, stretching the anticipation a little longer.


A perfect readaloud book, This is a very strange tale about a young Irish prince who sets off to find the source of heavenly music.
The narrative is odd enough, but the illustrations truly capture the humor, the strangeness, and the magic of the story.
Overall, it's a fun read, especially for St, Patrick's Day.

The only things that I found odd were the fact that the Greek princess mentions that the giant will ask Art a number of riddles, but he doesn't actually do that.
It's just a deadly game of hide and seek, Also, Art's older brothers are banished, although the story never seems to imply that Art was aware of their illintentions toward him.


Nevertheless, it's a fun, fast read, And after reading about all the wonderful food Art eats on his journey, I'm rather hungry! Brendan Francis Behan Irish: Breandán Ó BeacháinFebruaryMarchwas an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, and playwright who wrote in both Irish and English.
He was also an Irish republican and a volunteer in the Irish Republican Army, Behan was born in the inner city of Dublin onFebruaryinto an educated working class family.
He lived in a house on Russell Street near Mountjoy Square owned by his grandmother, Christine English, who owned a number of properties in the area.
Also living in the area was his uncle Peadar Kearney, song writer and author of the Irish national anthem.
Brendans father, Stephen Behan, a house painter who had been active in the Irish War of Independence, read classic literature to Brendan Francis Behan Irish: Breandán Ó BeacháinFebruaryMarchwas an Irish poet, short story writer, novelist, and playwright who wrote in both Irish and English.
He was also an Irish republican and a volunteer in the Irish Republican Army, Behan was born in the inner city of Dublin onFebruaryinto an educated working class family.
He lived in a house on Russell Street near Mountjoy Square owned by his grandmother, Christine English, who owned a number of properties in the area.
Also living in the area was his uncle Peadar Kearney, song writer and author of the Irish national anthem.
Brendan's father, Stephen Behan, a house painter who had been active in the Irish War of Independence, read classic literature to the children at bedtime from sources such as Zola, Galsworthy, and Maupassant his mother, Kathleen, took them on literary tours of the city.
If Behan's interest in literature came from his father, his political beliefs were by his mother, She remained politically active all her life and was a personal friend of the Irish republican Michael Collins.
Brendan Behan wrote a lament to Collins, "The Laughing Boy", at the age of thirteen, The title was from the affectionate nickname Mrs, Behan gave to Collins. Kathleen published her autobiography, "Mother of all the Behans," a collaboration with her son Brian, in, Behan's uncle Peadar Kearney wrote the Irish national anthem Amhrán na bhFiann, His brother, Dominic Behan, was also a renowned songwriter best known for the song "The Patriot Game" another sibling, Brian Behan, was a prominent radical political activist and public speaker, actor, author, and playwright.
Brendan and Brian did not share the same views, especially when the question of politics or nationalism arose.
Brendan on his deathbed presumably in jest asked Cathal Goulding, then the Chief of Staff of the IRA, to 'have that bastard Brian shotwe've had all sorts in our family, but never a traitor!'.
A biographer Ulick O'Connor, recounts that one day, at the age of eight, Brendan was returning home with his granny and a crony from a drinking session.
A passer by remarked, "Oh, my! Isn't it terrible ma'am to see such a beautiful child deformed" "How dare you", said his granny.
"He's not deformed, he's just drunk!"Behan left school atto follow in his father's footsteps as a house painter.
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