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The Red Cloak Chronicle Books, l989 Awards: Selected for the National Museum for Women in the Arts l995-96 exhibition, Brave Little Girls. "This cheerful version [of the story of Tamlin], with its dauntless heroine, makes a rousing story for younger listeners." -- The Kirkus Reviews Tam and Jan are friends--born in the very same village, on the very same day. They laugh together, they play together, sometimes they even fight a little, but it isn't until Tam is mysteriously stolen by elves that they both learn what friendship truly is. Betsy James's lively version of this traditional Scottish
ballad is told with warmth and humor. Her glowing illustrations
transport the reader to a long-ago time when courage and love,
combined with just a hint of magic, were all that were needed
to save the day. It is an enchanted tale whose timeless message
of friendship will be remembered long after the story has been
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