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The Maiden of Northland: A Hero Tale of Finland | 
| Author: Aaron Shepard
Creator: Carol Schwartz
Publisher: Atheneum
Category: Book
List Price: $16.00
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 1428217
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Pages: 40
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 10.3 x 8.3 x 0.4
ISBN: 0689804857
Dewey Decimal Number: 894.54111
EAN: 9780689804854
ASIN: 0689804857
Publication Date: May 1, 1996
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Product Description
In a classic Finnish tale of romance from the epic Kalevala, beautiful Aila is being courted by two gentlemen who are desperately trying to win her affection, but neither of them know that she has secretly agreed with her mother not to marry either of them.
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Beauty and magic of the Kalevala retold March 9, 2000
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
Aaron Shepard's loving and powerful retelling of the Kalevala epic captures the beauty, magic, poetry and grace of the original in a form highly accessible even to very young children. My half-Finnish daughters (ages 5 and 7) sat captivated through a first reading and insisted on a second, thoroughly entranced by the magical power of Vainamoinen's poetry and song and eager to touch their Finnish heritage. But there's enough depth here to appeal to older children, too. Carol Schwartz's rich and colorful illustrations add a glimpse of daily life in the ancient Finnish countryside that makes the magic all the more real by placing it among such believable folk.
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