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The Boy in the Oak
In the garden behind the cottage grows an ancient Oak that hides a secret. The young boy who lives in the cottage couldn’t care less about the tree and certainly doesn’t know it is enchanted. But the Faeries soon change this...
They cast a spell which causes the ancient Oak to swallow the boy whole. As the seasons pass, the boy trapped inside begins to experience the world...more
They cast a spell which causes the ancient Oak to swallow the boy whole. As the seasons pass, the boy trapped inside begins to experience the world...more
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
September 14th 2010
by Simply Read Books
(first published August 1st 2010)
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Once upon a time there were two parents who had only one child, a boy, but he was rather lonely since his parents were too busy to pay attention to him. Out of boredom the little boy would trample over flowers, tear the limbs off of barks, carve his initials into tree trunks, chase away forest animals, and even set an oak tree on fire. Unbeknownst to him, this was a druidic tree, a scared tree which happened to be a passageway to the Kingdom of Faerie, and his transgression did not go unnoticed...more
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The attention paid to this book’s design is apparent right from the cover, with elegant, wispy lines set against smooth wood grains and textured bark. Inside, a spare, lightly haunting narrative tells a fairy-tale-like story of a lonely boy whose play in the woods was insensitive and cruel. He trampled flowers. He tore limbs off trees and carved his initials into their trunks. A group of fairies, not especially nice themselves, trap him inside an ancient Druidic Oak, where the boy w...more
This is a very intriguing story about faeries punishing a boy for his cruelty, with one faerie orchestrating an opportunity for redemption. The pencil drawings are extremely delicate and beautiful, while the translucent tyvek-like pages interspersed between the text are simply gorgeous,and do much to draw the reader into the magical faerie world,casting a sort of "mist" on the story. While I read, I felt as if I was in another place, which I think was the intent. There's also texture to the cove...more
If there was ever a book to substantiate the argument for physical books as opposed to ebooks, this is it! The texture and art work could never be replicated online. A joy to touch, the visual appeal is amazing. The only negative is that it ends too soon.
Lovely illustrations and interesting color overlays of patterns from nature, but the story was a bit too sad and unresolved.
Absolutely beautiful illustrations and page overlays...
The story is okay and not very complex, but the illustrations and art make this book a real treasure.
A beautiful book with a good moral.
Beautiful!
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