The Tale Of Timothy Mallard

Riverbank Stories #2

by Stephen R. Lawhead

Having suffered the misfortune of being hatched white, Timothy Mallard confronts danger far from home and becomes the means for saving his hungry family.

Genres: Fiction, Childrens, Animals

109 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 1990

About the author

Stephen R. Lawhead is an internationally acclaimed author of mythic history and imaginative fiction. His works include Byzantium, Patrick, and the series The Pendragon Cycle, The Celtic Crusades, and The Song of Albion.

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Stephen was born in 1950, in Nebraska in the USA. Most of his early life was spent in America where he earned a university degree in Fine Arts and attended theological college for two years. His first professional writing was done at Campus Life magazine in Chicago, where he was an editor and staff writer. During his five years at Campus Life he wrote hundreds of articles and several non-fiction books.

After a brief foray into the music business—as president of his own record company—he began full-time freelance writing in 1981. He moved to England in order to research Celtic legend and history. His first novel, In the Hall of the Dragon King, became the first in a series of three books (The Dragon King Trilogy) and was followed by the two-volume Empyrion saga, Dream Thief and then the Pendragon Cycle, now in five volumes: Taliesin, Merlin, Arthur, Pendragon, and Grail. This was followed by the award-winning Song of Albion series which consists of The Paradise War, The Silver Hand, and The Endless Knot.

He has written nine children's books, many of them originally offered to his two sons, Drake and Ross. He is married to Alice Slaikeu Lawhead, also a writer, with whom he has collaborated on some books and articles. They make their home in Oxford, England.

Stephen's non-fiction, fiction and children's titles have been published in twenty-one foreign languages. All of his novels have remained continuously in print in the United States and Britain since they were first published. He has won numereous industry awards for his novels and children's books, and in 2003 was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by the University of Nebraska.

also write under the name Steve Lawhead

Reviews

[Josh McInnis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this out loud to my daughter and my wife. Stephen Lawhead has a special place in the hearts of my wife and I, and this was a re-visit of the children's series that first introduced me to Lawhead.

[Hannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love the Riverbank community that Lawhead created through this trilogy. This book has very little overlap with The Tale of Jeremy Vole, other than location, but it contains the same wholesome charm and depth of story. My five year old and I really enjoyed it.

[Jocelyn Morse · Rating 4 out of 5]

Story is similar to Joseph and his brothers. Kids enjoyed it.

[Elise · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is adorable. I'm not sure if this was the original intent, but it seems to be an allegory of the story of Joseph and his brothers in the Bible.

[Peter · Rating 4 out of 5]

The kids were much more into this one - probably getting used to the ebook format. A second after The End, they were asking what's the next story. Budding Lawhead fans, like their father. :-)

[A.M. Reynwood · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a cute little book I discovered just yesterday. It was a super fast read and I really enjoyed it, especially since little Timothy didn't turn sour in the end.

[Leila · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Biblical story of Joseph meets the Ugly Duckling in this children's book.

[Anjanette Barr · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely delightful. My boys (4 and 8) adored it.