Seal Song

Name: Seal Song
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: Andrea Spalding
ISBN: 9781459805088

Author: Andrea Spalding

Narrator: Priscilla Holbrook

Unabridged: 9 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Orca Book Publishers

Published: 02/01/2013

Categories: Children's Fiction, Fairy Tales, Children's Social Themes

Synopsis

"No good comes from seal songs," says Finn's father. But Finn believes differently.
Finn loves to swim with the seals in a secret cove. He arrives at the cove one day and rescues a young seal tangled in netting. Finn wishes the seal could live on land. That night the seals sing. When Sheila, a mysterious girl no one has ever seen before, appears on the cannery docks, the fisher folk are uneasy. They believe the newcomer is a magical selkie, a shape changer.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Abigail

Inspired by the traditional selkie lore of Scotland and Ireland, children's author Andrea Spalding spins this magical tale of a young boy, living in a small fishing village on Canada's west coast, who befriends and is befriended by one of the seal people. Drawn to the secret cove near his village, F......more

Goodreads review by Dawn

This is a lovely blend of folklore and historical fiction, creating a fairytale like story with lyrical prose that read beautifully aloud. The artwork is charming and matches the mood of the text perfectly. A young boy works with his father in the West Coast salmon canneries. As soon as he can slip......more