& Macmillan Gill: A Child's Treasury of Irish Stories and Poems [2004] hardback Condition:New Bears woken from their dens

Bears woken from their dens prowl the shadowy valleys

Walter Moers transports us to a magical world where reading is still a genuine adventure

and a wonderful evocation of a remarkable

with an alarming glimpse of how little human life seems to be worth

The system reached its apogee just before the Great War of 1914

& Macmillan Gill: A Child's Treasury of Irish Stories and Poems [2004] hardback Condition:New Bears woken from their densDrawing on hundreds of years of Irish folklore, there are tales of magic and mystery, of the mayhem caused by the "little people", together with stories of love and heroism, some familiar and some less so. There are stories of great giants, clever warriors, jealous queens and mystical creatures. Read how the Children of Lir became beautiful white swans, how Fionn defeated the fire eating dragon, and share the exciting adventures of the Red Branch