But city life doesn’t suit Fiona so at age ten she is sent back to her beloved isles to live with her grandparents. There she learns more about her mother’s strange ways with the seals and seabirds; she hears stories of the selkies, mythological creatures that are half seal and half human; and she wonders about her baby brother, Jamie, who disappeared during the island evacuation but whom fishermen claim to have seen. Fiona determines to find Jamie and strikes up a friendship with her older cousin Rory to enlist his help. When her grandparents are suddenly threatened with eviction, Fiona and Rory put their plans into action.Secret of the Ron Mor Skerry is a magical story of the power of place and family history, interwoven with Scottish folklore. Rosalie K. Fry’s novel was the basis for John Sayles’s classic 1994 film The Secret of Roan Inish.

    Abraham Lincoln - Ingri and Edgar Parin D'Aulaire2. How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin - Rudyard Kipling3. A Child's Garden of Verses - Robert Louis Stevenson4. Hansel and Gretel - Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm5. Mother Goose Rhymes6. The Story of Gold - Maud and Miska Petersham7. Puppet Play - Tina Lee8. What a Magnet Can Do - Gerald S. Craig and Sara E. Baldwin9. Animal Children10. Angus and the Cat - Marjorie Flack11. Pancakes for Breakfast - Grace Paull12. This Is Australia

    A dozen traditional children's stories handed down through the generations in Italy (including a delightful twist on the familiar legend of Cinderella) are accompanied with Mary GrandPré's vivid, evocative artwork, which has been hailed worldwide and was featured on the cover of Time magazine. Folk and fairy tales from other countries provide a great way for children to learn about different cultures, and this enchanting volume is sure to become a family favorite.