Download or read book Finn MacCool and the Giant s Causeway written by Malachy Doyle and published by Franklin Watts. This book was released on 2015-05-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Finn Maccool and the Giant s Causeway written by Charlotte Guillain and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the story of Finn MacCool and the Giant's Causeway, a traditional Irish folk tale. In it, the giant Finn MacCool learns the importance of thinking before acting, and that very often brains can beat brute strength!
Download or read book Fin M Coul the Giant of Knockmany Hill written by Tomie dePaola and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-06-18 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An ALA Notable Children’s Book Fin’s wife saves him from the most feared giant in Ireland. This fixed-layout ebook, which preserves the design and layout of the original print book, features read-along narration by the author.
Download or read book Finn MacCool and the Giant s Causeway written by Charlotte Guillain and published by Capstone. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the story of Finn MacCool and the Giant's Causeway, a traditional Irish folk tale. In it, the giant Finn MacCool learns the importance of thinking before acting, and that very often brains can beat brute strength!
Download or read book Finn MacCool and the Giant Causeway written by John Dougherty and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2014-03-01 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Irish tale about Finn and Angus, whio both think they are the biggest giants in the land.
Download or read book Finn MacCool and the Giant s Causeway written by Malachy Doyle and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exciting, page-turning adventures for children developing their reading confidence.
Download or read book The Giant s Causeway and the North Antrim Coast written by Philip Watson and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The definitive guide to one of Ireland's most fascinating natural and cultural wonders. The Giant's Causeway is a place where myth and science meet. Were the spectacular basalt columns formed through the rapid cooling of lava from an underwater volcano, or created by mythical Irish giant, Finn MacCool? For centuries visitors have explored the causeway's unique rock formations. Today the Giant's Causeway is one of Ireland's most popular attractions, with three-quarters of a million tourists each year from all over the world. This book takes the reader on an illustrated tour of this unique place. With a wealth of recent research into the landscape, history, folklore, wildlife and the underwater world, it includes walks and driving routes through the beautiful surrounding north Antrim coast.
Download or read book Finn McCool and the Great Fish written by Eve Bunting and published by Sleeping Bear Press. This book was released on 2010-08-06 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finn McCool is the largest giant in all of Ireland. He's a fierce warrior, even beating the giant Culcullan and saving Ireland from the Scots. Helpful and kind, he helps the farmers bring in the hay. And everyone in the village of Drumnahoon admires him. "He's the best-hearted man that ever walked on Ireland's green grass." But for all his strength, courage, and goodness, there's one thing that Finn lacks. He's just not smart. And he knows it. When a wise man living in a nearby village tells Finn about a magical red salmon with the wisdom of the world, Finn sets out to catch the fish. And he learns a thing or two about himself in the process. An author of more than 250 children's books, Eve Bunting has won numerous awards and honors, including a Pen International Special Achievement award for her contribution to Children's Literature. In 2002 she was chosen to be Irish American Woman of the Year by the Irish American Heritage Committee of New York. She lives in Pasadena, California. Zachary Pullen's picture-book illustrations have won awards and garnered starred reviews. He has been honored several times with acceptance into the prestigious Society of Illustrators juried shows and Communication Arts Illustration Annual of the best in current illustration. Zak lives in Wyoming.
Download or read book Folk Tales from Around the World written by Charlotte Guillain and published by Raintree. This book was released on 2014-07-01 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FAIRY TALES, FOLK TALES, FABLES, MAGICAL TALES & TRADITIONAL STORIES. Each book in this beautifully illustrated series presents a different folk tale from around the world. Although the collection includes tales from around the world, like all good folk tales each story has a moral lesson highly relevant to young readers today. Ages 5+
Download or read book Finn McCool written by Jimmy Smyth and published by Jimmy Smyth. This book was released on 2015-05-02 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A long, long time ago Finn McCool, an Irish giant built the Giants Causeway in County Antrim. Well that was ages ago and to see Finn McCool's work, thousands and thousands of visitors come to the Giants Causeway every year. As time has passed this amazing place has continued to capture the imagination of everyone who visits. Recently a new Visitor Center was built and the Giants Causeway is now one of the most popular Tourist Attractions in the United Kingdom and Ireland. On a recent visit to the Giants Causeway a little girl called Jill and her younger brother Joe couldn't believe their eyes when out of the mist appeared none other than Finn McCool himself. And boy were they surprised? Anyway, Finn had a very special job that could only be done by small children and before you could be able to say Causeway Stones, Jill, Joe and Finn were on their way across the Causeway to Scotland.
Download or read book The Giant s Causeway written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once upon a time there was a giant called Finn MacCool who built a bridge from the Antrim coast in the north of Ireland, all the way to Scotland, to fight the big Scottish giant, Benandonner. This interpretation, by Randall Stephen Hall, is just one of the many stories of Finn MacCool, popular in Ireland, in Scotland and throughout the rest of the Celtic world. Some see this story as a metaphor for all the positive cultural and linguistic links shared across the narrow stretch of water from Scotland to Ireland and beyond.
Download or read book Finn and the Fianna written by Daniel Allison and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2021-02-19 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories of Finn MacCoull and his warriors were once told at every fireside in Scotland and Ireland. After centuries in obscurity, this collection brings the tales soaring to life again. Here you will find Diarmuid, whom no woman can help but fall in love with, and Ossian, a warrior-poet raised in the woods by a wild deer. There is Grainne, ancient ancestor of Iseult and Guinevere, and Finn himself, whose name was once a byword for wisdom, generosity and beauty. Enter a world of feasting and fighting, battles and poetry, riddles and omens; join Finn and the Fianna on their never-ending quest to drink deeper and deeper of the cup of life.
Download or read book Causeway Coast written by Great Britain Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland. Countryside & Wildlife Branch and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Finn MacCoul and His Fearless Wife written by and published by Wayland. This book was released on 1999 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long, long ago in Ireland, at the top of Knockmany Hill, lived a giant called Finn MacCoul and his fearless wife Oonagh. Day and night, Finn keeps a look-out for other giants that might challenge him, especially the Scottish giant Cucullin. And when Cucullin the bully comes calling, Finn and Oonagh are prepared. Defeating him not with force, but with wit and wisdom, they send Cucullin back across the Giant's Causeway to Scotland
Download or read book A Mistake of Consequence written by Terri Evert Karsten and published by Abbott Press. This book was released on 2015-02-10 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1754 in Edinburgh, Scotland. Callie Beaton is nearly twenty, single, and determined not to marry anyone her grandfather deems worthy. But after her impulsive flight from yet another unwanted suitor leads her to the pier one rainy evening, Callie is mistaken for someone else and dragged aboard a ship. Trapped in a dark hold and at the mercy of strangers, Callie has no idea the ship is headed for a bustling port city across the ocean in America. Wracked with seasickness, unable to convince the ships captain she is not who he thinks she is, and with only one tattered dress to her name, Callie somehow survives the horrid journey. She arrives in colonial Philadelphia penniless, nameless, and alone in a strange place. Two men offer her help: Ethan Asher, a handsome gentleman with a hidden past, and Davy McRae, a charming ship captain with a dangerous secret. Neither seems trustworthy, but when tragedy strikes, Callie is caught in the middle and must choose one of them to help her if she is to save herself and her newfound friends from disaster. In this historical romantic adventure, a Scottish lass who finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time unwittingly embarks on a journey across the ocean to a new beginning where she searches for love, belonging, and ultimately her true destiny.
Download or read book Finn the half Great written by Theo Caldwell and published by Tundra Books. This book was released on 2009-10-13 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of a time when giants roamed the earth. Finn the half-Great, Theo Caldwell’s first novel for young adults, tells the story of Ireland’s most beloved heroes with humor and heart. Finn McCool, at fourteen feet, thinks he is the tallest thing in the Emerald Isle. That is, until he ventures outside his childhood valley. Finn soon discovers that ancient Britain is a land of giants, dragons, wizards, and men, in which he is only one little fellow. Despite treating those about him as decently as he can, Finn finds he has enemies all over. Even before he was born, cruel creatures known as the Frost Giants killed Finn’s father and tried to do away with his mother. When Finn learns what befell his parents, his first order of business is to seek out the Frost Giants and take revenge. In later years, Finn becomes a calmer chap, living in idle bliss on his hill, known as Knockmany, with his beloved wife, Oonagh. But Finn the half-Great’s troubles are not over. Ireland and all of Britain are being overrun by mortal men, who have no patience for bigger fellows like Finn. When Knockmany is attacked by humans, and Oonagh is kidnapped by their leader, Finn sets out to rally Britain’s remaining giants and bring her back. Steeped in legend, Finn the half-Great is completely thrilling as it introduces an unforgettable character and adventures both ancient and new.
Download or read book Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales Singles Pack written by Nikki Gamble and published by . This book was released on 2011-10-08 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Reading Tree Traditional Tales series includes 40 of the best known stories from all over the world, which have been passed down for generations. They are a perfect introduction to different cultures, traditions and morals. All the stories are carefully levelled to Oxford Reading Tree stages and matched to the phonics progression in Letters and Sounds, enabling your children to read the stories independently. There are four Traditional Tales titles available for each Oxford Reading Tree Stages, from Stage 1 through to Stage 9. Accompanying free Group/Guided Reading notes are available online at www.oxfordprimary.co.uk/tales , along with an eBook and storyteller video for each stage. Parents can also visit www.oxfordowl.co.uk for practical advice, helpful information about phonics, lots of fun activities and free eBooks. The Singles Pack includes a Mixed Pack for each of the above stages, 1 book of each title, plus a Teacher's Handbook.
