To celebrate St David’s Day Jenny Nimmo has chosen her 10 favourite children’s adventures stories inspired by by the poetic beauty and dramatic landscape of Wales, from Alan Garner’s The Owl Service to Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach
Old Welsh myths have informed and inspired writers, poets, musicians and painters. They were born in fireside storytelling in the Welsh language and contain all human emotion and great poetic beauty. The adventures I’ve selected are woven into the dramatic landscape of Wales: its mountains, rivers, valleys and ancient trees. Some of the novels I have chosen are “expressions” or interpretations of the myths, but others depict the mischief and humour in present day Wales.
Continue reading...
0 comments:
Post a Comment