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K-3
Thanks to the fairies, Seamus's goat, Finny, can talk. Impressed by his rendition of the tale of Finn MacCool, the judges at the King Puck festival unanimously crown Finny the King of Ireland for a day. The digital illustrations lend a synthetic quality to the otherwise mildly entertaining tale.