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Wales


by Mary Colson

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 48 PAGES
  • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12)

One in the illustrated and informative Countries Around the World series, geared for ages 8-11. (GRB27, $8.99)

A String in the Harp

A String in the Harp


by Nancy Bond

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 370 PAGES
  • YOUNG ADULTS

With the aid of a magic harp key, three American teens in Wales are transported to the 6th-century, where they encounter the great Welsh bard Taliesin and become absorbed in the world of Celtic mythology. Readers will be absorbed, too. (GBR592, $7.99)

A Child's Christmas in Wales

A Child's Christmas in Wales


by Dylan Thomas

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 51 PAGES
  • FAMILY

Ardizzone's watercolors invoke the warmth, jollity and life of a Welsh seaside village in the 1930s in this edition of Thomas's mellifluous tale. (GBR526, $17.99)

Boy, Tales of Childhood

Boy, Tales of Childhood


by Roald Dahl

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 176 PAGES
  • FAMILY

Dahl recalls his youthful misadventures, in boarding school, working as a chocolate tester and summering in Wales. Great family reading. (GBR183, $6.99)

 

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