Welcome to our Christmas Gift Guide 2022: Eala: The Mother Swan / La Madre Cisne written by La Madre Cisne which I received a copy of in exchange for a spot in this year’s Gift Guide and this review.
Charlie has been wanting to learn a Foreign Language which I’ve been meaning to add to our Homeschool Lessons and receiving a copy of Eala: The Mother Swan / La Madre Cisne has helped me pick out which Language to start with which will be Spanish.
I don’t know about you but I can’t wait to hear Charlie learn Spanish which I did take in Middle School and flunked although I can count to 10 in Spanish. Can you? With David wanting to learn to read and Charlie teaching him were going to stick to English for David as well as my niece Lily and Jason when we read the story to them.
In our classroom Charlie and I are going to also study Trumpet Swans in our Lessons on Animals which we learned about in this book. Would you like to study them with us or check out Trumpeter Swan Society, which supports conservation of Trumpeter Swans and see how we can help save Swans.
I love how the book touches on bullying and how a young boy overcomes it just as Charlie has done in the past. I just wish we had the opportunity to meet a Black Swan but we don’t although we have our family and this beautiful book which gives us all hope.
About:
In her 2022 Nautilus Book Awards gold medal winning picture book, Eala: The Mother Swan / La Madre Cisne, Ayn Cates Sullivan masterfully tells the story of a little boy named Hugo who goes in search of a magical Swan. The story is told in English and Spanish, so young audiences can read and learn vocabulary in both languages.
A Readers’ Favorite reviewer said, “Parents and grandparents will enjoy sharing this lovely bedtime tale with their young ones. It will send them off to dream about their own magical night-time adventures.”
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Eala: Mother Swan / La Madre Cisne
Bilingual Picture Book Teaches Young Readers There Is Magic in Everyone
Charlottesville, VA, November 14, 2022 — In Ayn Cates Sullivan’s uplifting, bilingual story for young audiences, Eala: The Mother Swan / La Madre Cisne, readers meet Hugo, a young boy who has been bullied and is starting to forget who he is. The world feels difficult, and he is sad. But his grandmother tells him about a magical Swan, and Hugo thinks if he can reach the Swan, he can recapture his spirit and spark.
“Eala is a story about a boy who is just beginning to lose his connection to his inner world, so he goes in search of a magical Swan,” said Sullivan.
Hugo finds the Swan, Eala, just before she is going to fly between worlds, so he hops onto her back, and she takes him on a magical journey. Soon Hugo rediscovers the music and wonder of the world, and he begins to feel whole again.
Suitable for children ages 5-9, Eala: The Mother Swan / La Madre Cisne is an engaging and inspiring story for all audiences, who will experience the magic of Eala in both English and Spanish.
“It’s a book for all readers who wish to live soulful lives,” added Sullivan.
About the Author
Ayn Cates Sullivan, MA, MFA, Ph.D., is an Amazon, Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author. She earned her Ph.D. from Kings College in London, where she became an expert in Anglo-Irish Literature. She has written 15 books, five of which are bestsellers. She has won over 60 literary awards.
Sullivan hosts the Wisdom of the Ages podcast, where she covers topics around personal growth and freedom. She is president of Infinite Light Publishing & Media. She donates a percentage of her book profits to the Trumpeter Swan Society, which supports conservation of Trumpeter Swans.
Illustrator Paige Ozma Ashmore was born in the South and spent her formative years in Germany. She credits living near forests and castles as her main inspiration for her art. Steeped in fairy tales and older stories, she learned of bears that could talk, sleeping princesses in old castles and how the woods could hold deep mysteries. She works mainly in acrylic painting and soft pastel.
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Eala: Mother Swan / La Madre Cisne
Publisher: Infinite Light Publishing & Media, LLC
ISBN-13: 978-1947925403 (hardcover) ISBN: 978-1947925410 (e-book)
Available from Amazon.com and BN.com
Publisher: Infinite Light Publishing & Media, LLC
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
