Salmon of Knowledge: An Irish Folktale Retold and Illustrated by Celina Buckley

Age range 5+

Children will enjoy the unique collage illustrations and an unexpected twist in this retelling of a traditional Irish legend about an old man seeking an enchanted fish that will give him all the knowledge in the world and a young boy hoping to become a great warrior.

A creative illustrated retelling of a traditional Irish legend about an enchanted salmon that will impart all the knowledge in the world to the first person who eats it. Finnegas, a wise, eldery poet, spends his days fishing for the Salmon of Knowledge. He meets Fionn, a young boy who hopes to become a brave warrior, but who must first find a poet to instruct him. Follow the story of a young boy who sets out to become a warrior but, in an unexpected twist, acquires far more knowledge than he had ever expected to gain.

Format: Paperback
Pages: 32
Imprint: Starfish Bay Children’s Books
Publication date: 01/08/2023
Illustrator: Buckley, Celina