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Eala: The Mother Swan
A young boy named Hugo goes in search of the Eala, the magical swan his grandmother has told him about. He finds her just as she is preparing to fly between the worlds.Circling back down, Hugo climbs on her back and she takes him between the crack of night and day so he can find the songs and colors of his heart and soul.
˃˃˃ “Hugo, a small boy who has been bullied, finds comfort in visiting the swans that swim along the river. His Grandmother has told him about Eala, the mother swan, who has magic abilities. Hugo, unlike the other boys, still believes there is magic and one evening at sunset he goes in search of the mother swan seeking her magic to free him of his sadness. Once again author Ayn Cates Sullivan spins her magic through fable. This time, a story of a boy’s journey into the magic realm of nature that heals. Eala, the Mother Swan is a fable for our time, for boys and girls”"and for us all.”- Linda Foster, Choreographer
˃˃˃ “In Ayn Cates Sullivan’s bilingual picture book Eala, a magical swan helps a boy to learn the truth about who he is... The book’s English and Spanish paragraphs appear on the same page, making it easy for speakers of one language to pick up vocabulary in the other. The text is accessible and consistent in its reading level in both languages. Its descriptions are often poetic, 'Mother Swan flapped her great wings and they flew between the crack of night and day.’ In the empowering picture book Eala, a bullied boy learns that magic lives in each human being.”- Kristine Morris for Foreword Clarion Review
˃˃˃ This book is bilingual English/SpanishScroll up and grab a copy today.
˃˃˃ “Hugo, a small boy who has been bullied, finds comfort in visiting the swans that swim along the river. His Grandmother has told him about Eala, the mother swan, who has magic abilities. Hugo, unlike the other boys, still believes there is magic and one evening at sunset he goes in search of the mother swan seeking her magic to free him of his sadness. Once again author Ayn Cates Sullivan spins her magic through fable. This time, a story of a boy’s journey into the magic realm of nature that heals. Eala, the Mother Swan is a fable for our time, for boys and girls”"and for us all.”- Linda Foster, Choreographer
˃˃˃ “In Ayn Cates Sullivan’s bilingual picture book Eala, a magical swan helps a boy to learn the truth about who he is... The book’s English and Spanish paragraphs appear on the same page, making it easy for speakers of one language to pick up vocabulary in the other. The text is accessible and consistent in its reading level in both languages. Its descriptions are often poetic, 'Mother Swan flapped her great wings and they flew between the crack of night and day.’ In the empowering picture book Eala, a bullied boy learns that magic lives in each human being.”- Kristine Morris for Foreword Clarion Review
˃˃˃ This book is bilingual English/SpanishScroll up and grab a copy today.
39 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 6, 2021
About the author
Ayn Cates Sullivan
24 books27 followersAyn Cates Sullivan, MA, MFA, Ph.D. is an award winning and best selling author. She holds a master’s degree in spiritual psychology from USM, and a masters and doctorate in literature from Columbia University and King’s College London. She currently lives with her husband, two children and variety of horses and pets on a ranch in Santa Ynez, California. Her educational experiences coupled by life lead her into the study and practice of what makes one whole.
Ayn’s many visionary fiction books for children of all ages include Tracking The Deer, Consider This, The Windhorse Poems Of Illumination, Three Days in the Light and an award winning children’s series including: Sparkle & The Gift, Sparkle & The Light, Sparkle & The Rainbow Dragon (2017) and A Story Of Becoming. Her collection of Celtic Mythology, Legends of the Grail, will be available in early 2017.
Ayn’s many visionary fiction books for children of all ages include Tracking The Deer, Consider This, The Windhorse Poems Of Illumination, Three Days in the Light and an award winning children’s series including: Sparkle & The Gift, Sparkle & The Light, Sparkle & The Rainbow Dragon (2017) and A Story Of Becoming. Her collection of Celtic Mythology, Legends of the Grail, will be available in early 2017.
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February 21, 2023
Cute Book
Love this book. I love that it is written in 2 languages. The imagery is beautiful and the writing was so sweet
Love this book. I love that it is written in 2 languages. The imagery is beautiful and the writing was so sweet
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