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Shepard, Aaron

The Songs of Power: A Finnish Tale of Magic Retold from the Kalevala

51 pp. | Skyhook | September, 2007 | Trade ISBN 978-0-938497-35-6 $15.00 | Paper ISBN 978-0-938497-37-0 $7.50
New ed. (1996, Atheneum)
(4) 4-6 Ancient Fantasy series. Shepard's free-verse rendition of an excerpt from the Finnish epic was previously published as a picture book. Illustrations would certainly have enhanced this dense recounting of two suitors' competition to woo a devious maiden and their subsequent flight with the magical gifts they had proffered. Nevertheless, this edition fills a gap as there is little else drawn from the Kalevala available for children.
Reviewer: Miriam Lang Budin

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