The Salmon of Knowledge
Retold by Celina Buckley, illustrated by Celina Buckley


Hardback | Apr 2019 | Starfish Bay | 9781760360702 | 36pp | 266x266mm | GEN | AUD$24.99

Age range 5 to 8

A creatively 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, elderly 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 much more than he had ever expected to gain.