| Brave Highland Heart Contributor(s): Kellerhals-Stewart, Heather (Author), Zimmermann, Werner (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0773730990 ISBN-13: 9780773730991 Publisher: Fitzhenry & Whiteside OUR PRICE: $8.96 Product Type: Hardcover Published: January 1999 Annotation: Fall under the musical spell of this traditional highland tale. While everyone is busy practicing and preparing for the celebration known as the ceilidh, a little girl is told that she is too young to stay up for the evening's festivities. But the smell of tantalizing foods, the echo of laughter and the wail of the bagpipes proves too enticing to resist, and the little girl sneaks out of her bed to take a closer look. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations - Other, Non-religious - Juvenile Fiction | Family - General (see Also Headings Under Social Themes) - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - Europe |
| Dewey: E |
| LCCN: 00268764 |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 10.75" W x 8.52" (0.85 lbs) 15 pages |
| Themes: - Event - Holiday - Cultural Region - British Isles - Cultural Region - Celtic |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 43320 Reading Level: 3.3 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Governor General's Award for Children's Literature - Illustration nominee, 1999 Whenever my father puffs out his cheeks and plays the bagpipes, my brothers go to visit a friend. Our dog creeps under the bed, the horses flatten their ears, the hens cluck. And I cover my ears. But one special night everyone listened when my father played his pipes. For the youngest member in the family, the ceilidh is almost spoiled. She has been judged old enough to help, but too young to stay up like her brothers, or wear a kilt, or dance until dawn. But when the bagpipes sound from the far hills she is there - hiding in the hay - watching, listening. And on a night twinkling with fireflies, one small girl's brave Highland heart responds to her father and the ancient spell his music weaves. |
Contributor Bio(s): Kellerhals-Stewart, Heather: - Heather Kellerhals-Stewart; illustrated by Werner Zimmerman |