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In a remote medieval outpost of Ireland, young Brendan embarks on a new life of adventure when a celebrated master illuminator arrives from foreign lands carrying a book brimming with secret wisdom and powers. To help complete the magical book, Brendan has to overcome his deepest fears on a dangerous quest that takes him into the enchanted forest where mythical creatures hide.
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GKIDS Films
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2009.
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Young Brendan lives in a remote medieval outpost under siege from barbarian raids. But a new life of adventure beckons when a celebrated master illuminator arrives from foreign lands carrying an ancient but unfinished book, brimming with secret wisdom and powers. To help complete the magical book, Brendan has to overcome his deepest fears on a dangerous quest that takes him into the enchanted forest where mythical creatures hide. It is here that he...
4) Keep it Safe
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How will Aiden and Brendan protect their treasure from the Vikings? The special book must be protected, but how?
Based on the animated film, THE SECRET OF KELLS, this beginning reader is a fun way to practice sight words.
Each page features images from the film paired with simple sentences for young readers. A pronunciation guide and word list enhance the educational value.
About THE SECRET OF KELLS:
The making of Ireland's greatest treasure,...
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When Brendan goes into the forest to find the berries needed for making ink, he discovers an amazing world outside the monastery walls. Brother Aiden said that there were miracles in the forest, and Brendan sees that he was right!
Based on the animated film, THE SECRET OF KELLS, this beginning reader is a fun way to practice sight words.
Each page features images from the film paired with simple sentences for young readers. A pronunciation...
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There is something very bad in the forest. Brendan needs a crystal to complete the special book, but it belongs to the evil creature Crom Cuiat. What will Brendan do to defeat the dark one?
Based on the animated film, THE SECRET OF KELLS, this beginning reader is a fun way to practice sight words.
Each page features images from the film paired with simple sentences for young readers. A pronunciation guide and word list enhance the educational...
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With Vikings getting closer and closer to Kells, what will the people do to be safe? The Abbot tries to build a big wall, but even that won't keep the Vikings out.
Based on the animated film, THE SECRET OF KELLS, this beginning reader is a fun way to practice sight words.
Each page features images from the film paired with simple sentences for young readers. A pronunciation guide and word list enhance the educational value.
About THE SECRET...
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Vikings have attacked many settlements in Ireland, so people come to Kells to be safe. One person brings a special guest, a white cat! The white cat is named Pangur Ban. Brendan and Pangur Ban will have lots of adventures together.
Based on the animated film, THE SECRET OF KELLS, this beginning reader is a fun way to practice sight words.
Each page features images from the film paired with simple sentences for young readers. A pronunciation...
9) Make a Book
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What does it take to make a book? What did it take to make a book a very long time ago? Brendan learns the secret of making a beautiful book. He can help the master creators make something beautiful, but first, he needs to find the supplies.
Based on the animated film, THE SECRET OF KELLS, this beginning reader is a fun way to practice sight words.
Each page features images from the film paired with simple sentences for young readers. A pronunciation...
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Cartoon Saloon, the Irish animation studio behind the Academy Award-nominated films 'The Secret of Kells' (2009), 'Song of the Sea' (2014), and 'The Breadwinner' (2017), returns in 2020 with its latest feature, ' Wolfwalkers', coproduced with Melusine Productions and directed by Tomm Moore and Ross Stewart. This mythic tale tells the story of a young hunter named Robyn, who, while tracking down a pack of dangerous and wild wolves, is transformed into...
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Shout! Factory
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[2021]
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English
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"Magic, fantasy and Celtic mythology come to life in Cartoon Saloon's celebrated Irish Folklore Trilogy, featuring three Academy Award®-nominated* modern animated classics. The studio's first film, The Secret of Kells, which beautifully tells the tale of a master illuminator and his young apprentice, is followed by the breathtakingly gorgeous Song of the Sea, which recounts the adventure of a mythical seal-child and her brother on a quest, and the...
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The official behind-the-scenes art book for five-time Academy Award—nominated animation studio Cartoon Saloon's stunning new animated fantasy adventure My Father's Dragon, inspired by the classic children's novel.
“The Art of My Father's Dragon” documents the production of five-time Academy Award—nominated animation studio Cartoon Saloon's (The Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea, The Breadwinner, WolfWalkers) and Mockingbird Pictures' upcoming...
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Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
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2020
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An enchanting graphic novel about a feud, a friendship, and two girls forever changed. Based on the beautifully hand-crafted animated adventure, WolfWalkers, this graphic novel features an introduction and exclusive original art from film co-creator Tomm Moore and co-Art Director Maria Pareja. Watch the stunning, Golden Globe-nominated film available on Apple TV+ now.
In a time of superstition and magic, a young apprentice
14) After the forest
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"After the Forest is a dark and enchanting fantasy debut from Kell Woods that explores the repercussions of a childhood filled with magic and a young woman contending with the truth of "happily ever after." Ginger. Honey. Cinnamon. Flour. Twenty years after the witch in the gingerbread house, Greta and Hans are struggling to get by. Their mother and stepmother are long dead, Hans is deeply in debt from gambling, and the countryside lies in ruin, its...
15) A divided spy
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Thomas Kell novels volume 3
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"Thomas Kell thought he was done with spying. A former MI6 officer, he devoted his life to the Service, but it has left him with nothing but grief and a simmering anger against the Kremlin. Then Kell is offered an unexpected chance at revenge. Taking the law into his own hands, he embarks on a mission to recruit a top Russian spy who is in possession of a terrifying secret. As Kell tracks his man from Moscow to London, he finds himself in a high stakes...
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Thomas Kell novels volume 1
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When Amelie Levene, who in six weeks is due to take over as the first female Chief of MI6, disappears without a trace while in the south of France, it is the gravest crisis MI6 has faced in more than a decade. Britain's top intelligence agents turn to one of their own: disgraced former MI6 officer Thomas Kell. The trail leads Kell to France and Tunisia, where he uncovers a shocking secret and a conspiracy that could have unimaginable repercussions...
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"Libraries are much more than mere collections of volumes. The best are magical, fabled places whose fame has become part of the cultural wealth they are designed to preserve. Some still exist today; some are lost, like those of Herculaneum and Alexandria; some have been sold or dispersed; and some never existed, such as those libraries imagined by J.R.R Tolkien, Umberto Eco, and Jorge Luis Borges, among others. Ancient libraries, grand baroque libraries,...
18) A colder war
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Thomas Kell novels volume 2
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English
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"A top-ranking Iranian military official is blown up while trying to defect to the West. An investigative journalist is arrested and imprisoned for writing an article critical of the Turkish government. An Iranian nuclear scientist is assassinated on the streets of Tehran. These three incidents, seemingly unrelated, have one crucial link. Each of the three had been recently recruited by Western intelligence, before being removed or killed. Then Paul...
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"Independent, stunning, and smart, Kell Jameson has the life she's always dreamed about. A partner at a tony Atlanta law firm that represents famous--if guilty--clients, she's far from her days as a lonely orphan in rural Georgia. But one frantic phone call will bring her back to the place she's spent years trying to escape. The head of her childhood orphanage has been accused of murder, and Kell is her only hope for freedom. From the first moment...
20) The irregular
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Irregulars volume 1
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Quercus
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[2017]
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English
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"London 1909: The British Empire spans the globe, seen as an invulnerable imperial power. But Captain Vernon Kell, head of counter-intelligence at the War Office, knows better. In Russia, there is revolution in the wind; in Germany, an arms race; and in London, the streets are alive with foreign agents provocateur. Kell wants to set up a Secret Service, an agency with a mandate to act domestically and abroad to protect the Empire, but to convince...
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