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Greyling: A Picture Story from the Islands of Shetland

by Jane Yolen · 1993

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A selchie, a seal transformed into human form, lives on land with a lonely fisherman and his wife, until the day a great storm threatens the fisherman's life.

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folklorefolkloreMore like thisLess of thismyths and folkloremyths and folkloreMore like thisLess of thisfantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of this
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animalsanimalsMore like thisLess of this
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ShetlandShetlandMore like thisLess of this
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picture bookschildrens

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