The Irish Cinderlad

Becan, a poor boy belittled by his stepmother and stepsisters, rescues a princess in distress after meeting a magical bull.

Main Author:	Climo, Shirley.
Other Authors:	Krupinski, Loretta. (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : HarperCollins Publishers, c1996.
Edition:	1st ed.
Subjects:	Fairy tales > Juvenile nonfiction. Folklore > Ireland > Juvenile nonfiction.

Summary:	Becan, a poor boy belittled by his stepmother and stepsisters, rescues a princess in distress after meeting a magical bull.
Physical Description:	1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
ISBN:	0060243961 006024397X (lib. bdg.)
Author Notes:	Shirley Climo was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1928. She attended DePauw University until her mother died unexpectedly in 1949. She dropped out of college and took up her mother's work writing scripts for the weekly WGAR-Radio children's program Fairytale Theatre. During her lifetime, she wrote 24 books including The Korean Cinderella; Magic and Mischief: Tales from Cornwall; A Treasury of Princesses: Princess Tales from Around the World; A Treasury of Mermaids: Mermaid Tales from Around the World; and Someone Saw a Spider: Spider Facts and Folktales. She died on August 25, 2012 at the age of 83. (Bowker Author Biography)