ARGONAUT BOOKS

"The setting is vividly evoked, and the fantasy elements are woven seamlessly into the homey details of domestic island life. Still fresh and immediate sixty years after its publication." -Martha V. Parravano, The Horn Book Magazine"This exquisitely-written, mystical tale is unique, neither fact, nor pure fancy. As one young reader said, it could be true, but it really wasn't. Maybe this is why it provokes deep afterthought, and wonder." -The New York Times"A poetic story which rests heavily on the folk traditions of the Western Isles and which contains much of that poetry of language and conc...Read More