The Path of Finn McCool: A Bloomsbury Reader: Brown Book Band

By Sally Prue and Brendan Kearney

Book Band: Brown, ideal for ages 7+

A hilarious tale based on Irish mythology and the Giant's Causeway from award-winning author Sally Prue.

If you go to Ireland and catch the bus to Ballycastle, there by the sea you'll find the Giant's Causeway. This is the story of how the causeway was made and it all starts with Finn McCool, the biggest giant in Ireland, who sets out to find an even bigger giant across the sea in Scotland. But Finn doesn't always have the best ideas and it's up to his wife Oona to come to the rescue when the Scottish giant follows Finn back home...

This funny retelling of an Irish myth from award-winning author Sally Prue has whimsical black-and-white illustrations by Brendan Kearney and is perfect for children who are developing as readers.

The Bloomsbury Readers series is packed with book-banded stories to get children reading independently in Key Stage 2 by award-winning authors like double Carnegie Medal winner Geraldine McCaughrean and Waterstones Prize winner Patrice Lawrence. With engaging illustrations and online guided reading notes written by the Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE), this series is ideal for home and school. For more information visit www.bloomsburyreaders.com.

'Any list that brings together such a quality line up of authors is going to be welcomed … Bloomsbury Readers are aimed squarely at children in Key Stage 2 and designed to support them as they start reading independently and while they continue to gain confidence and understanding.' Books for Keeps

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Release date: May 14, 2020
• ISBN: 9781472967572

Sally Prue

Sally Prue isn't sure where she was born, but from the time she was adopted as a baby she was brought up in Hertfordshire, where she still lives. When her daughters were small, Sally taught recorder and piano whilst also writing children's fiction, and is the winner of the Branford Boase Award and the Smarties Prize Silver Award for her bestselling novel Cold Tom. Sally has a set of Northumbrian bagpipes that she doesn't play very often, which is probably a good thing!

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CONTENTS

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

CHAPTER ONE

If you go to Northern Ireland, and you catch the 172 bus to Ballycastle, then you’ll get to one of the very strangest places in the world.

There by the sea you’ll find the Giant’s Causeway.

And you’ll hardly be able to believe your eyes at the sight of it.

A great wide path of black stones, it is, all cut with straight sides to them, and fitting together as snug as a honeycomb.

And where does the path go? It goes straight out from the shore and down under the waves of the Irish Sea.

Now, you’ll be wondering why anyone should build a path that doesn’t go anywhere. But if you have a boat, and you feel like an adventure, you can sail