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Billy Beg and His Bull
An Irish Tale
By Greene, Ellin & Root, Kimberly Bulcken
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-82341-100-9
- Publisher
- New York : Holiday House, c1994.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on July 1, 1994
Gr 2-4 A lively retelling of a popular Irish tale found in many anthologies, including Virginia Haviland's Favorite Fairy Tales Told in Ireland (Little, 1961; o.p.). Billy Beg's mother gives him a magical bull calf just before she dies. When his stepmother tries, through guile, to rid herself of the bull and of Billy, the two escape. The bull gives the young man a magical napkin that provides food when un...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
