Series
Summary
Taran dreams of adventure, but nothing exciting ever happens to an Assistant Pig-Keeper -- until his pig runs away. A chase through the woods leads Taran far from home and into great danger, for evil prowls the land of Prydain. With a collection of strange and wonderful friends whom he meets on his... Full description
Summary: |
Taran dreams of adventure, but nothing exciting ever happens to an Assistant Pig-Keeper -- until his pig runs away. A chase through the woods leads Taran far from home and into great danger, for evil prowls the land of Prydain. With a collection of strange and wonderful friends whom he meets on his journey, Taran finds himself fighting so that good may triumph over evil -- and so that his beloved home will not fall to a diabolical fiend. From the Cassette edition. |
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Item Description: |
Unabridged. |
Physical Description: |
1 online resource (8 audio files) : digital |
Playing Time: |
05::0:5: |
Format: |
Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 143720 KB). |
Audience: |
Text Difficulty 7 - Text Difficulty 12 UG/Upper grades (9th-12) 5.3 |
ISBN: |
9780739349748 |
Author Notes: |
Alexander worked as an unpublished writer for seven years, accepting positions such as cartoonist, advertising copywriter, layout artist, and associate editor for a small magazine. Directly after the war, he had translated works for such artists as Jean Paul Sartre. In 1955, "And Let the Credit Go" was published, Alexander's first book which led to 10 years of writing for an adult audience. He wrote his first children's book in 1963, entitled "Time Cat," which led to a long career of writing for children and young adults. Alexander is best known for his "Prydain Chronicles" which consist of "The Book of Three" in 1964, "The Black Cauldron" in 1965 which was a Newbery Honor Book, as well as an animated motion picture by Disney which appeared in 1985, "The Castle of Llyr" in 1966, "Taran Wanderer" in 1967, a School Library Journal's Best Book of the Year and "The High King" which won the Newberry Award. Many of his other books have also received awards, such as "The Fortune Tellers," which was a Boston Globe Horn Book Award winner. In 1986, Alexander won the Regina Medal for Lifetime Achievement from the Catholic Library Association. His titles have been translated into many languages including, Dutch, Spanish, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian, Serbo-Croation and Swedish. He died on May 17, 2007. (Bowker Author Biography) |