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Tales from Limerick Forest

Tales from Limerick Forest

by David Lyle Jeffrey

Illustrated by Megan Major

Imprint: 1845 Books

Sales Date: 2024-06-15

108 Pages, 8.50 x 11.00 in

Paperback
9781481321525
Published: July 2024

$22.99

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At the meadowed edge of a marvelous forest from which, through a placid pond, flows a stream, curious animals and birds discover together some of the delights of creation. These animals, all distinct in personality, enjoy a lively community, and in their conversations they reflect on the mysteries and meaning of the wonderful environment in which they live. Young readers (and their parents and grandparents too) will meet, among others, a brave and handsome white-tailed buck and his family, a law society of owls who reflect on nature's harmonious order, a philosophical bachelor raven with a sense of humor, some frolicsome otters learning to sing, and a poetic porcupine who composes limericks to commemorate everyone’s adventures.

This beautifully illustrated collection of stories celebrates the joy of shared life in a still green and lovely land which, though challenges arise and the cycles of life are realistically represented, encourages a happy appreciation of the natural world.

David Lyle Jeffrey is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Literature and the Humanities at Baylor University. Jeffrey earned his Ph.D. from Princeton University and is also the author or editor of many books including We Were a Peculiar People Once.

Megan Major is a versatile artist whose work has garnered increasing attention and admiration both in Texas and beyond. She is also the director of the 219 Artisan Market and gallery in Clifton, Texas.

Readers young and old will delight in this charming collection of woodland tales. Their endearing characters embody diverse personalities of the human drama and show how we learn virtues by trial and error. Reminiscent of Aesop's Fables and Thornton W. Burgess' Bedtime Stories, these stories offer wisdom and whimsy in their own unique way--a tribute to David Lyle Jeffrey's large and warm imagination.
~Michael D. O'Brien, author of Father Elijah and A Landscape with Dragons

Tales from Limerick Forest has memorable characters, charming illustrations, life lessons in the grand tradition of Aesop and Rudyard Kipling, and just a touch of Deep Magic.
~Jennifer Woodruff Tait, senior editor, Christian History magazine

These tales are precious! They are reminders to listen to the songs that all creatures sing.
~Jessica Hooten Wilson, Fletchers Jones Chair of Great Books, Pepperdine University

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