When Harald discovers the Great Stag in the Baron's forest, he tells authorities in his excitement. To his surprise, they want to kill the creature. So Harald, trying to protect the Stag, throws off the hunting dogs and becomes the prey.
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Harald offers the Baron's hunters berries from his basket and listens to their stories of the hunt. The Great Stag has eluded their dogs by going through streams and burnt grass, and every year he grows wiser and stronger. Then the tales give way to experience when Harald looks "the Great Stag in the eye." He distracts the hunters' dogs by scattering the Stag's droppings through the forest and hides in a tree. Danger approaches; Harald, too, becomes hunted. Once safe, the Stag sheds two silver antlers by Harald's house. This tale of grace and beauty could have been spun only by the most able of storytellers. Carrick's atmospheric watercolors depict with clarity the haunting, mysterious elements of the forest. Readers are immediately transported into this bountiful past through the evocative paintings and words, in a story that, like the Stag's gift, will be cherished for years to come. Ages 5-9.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
Kindergarten-Grade 3 The Great Stag is a legend in young Harald's medieval world, and one breath-stopping morning Harald fi nally sees it himself. Frighteningly, that's the very day the baron has de clared a hunt for the stag, with a prize for its capture. Harald decides to pro tect the stag by confusing the trail with deer droppings; then, covered with the scent, Harald briefly becomes one of the hunted. He is saved, though, by an old hunter, and the stag escapes once again. Months later Harald discovers a gift: the silver antlers the stag has shed, left as if on purpose for Harald. In spite of a rather abrupt beginning and a mat ter-of-fact narrative, the book has a cer tain magic as readers enter Harald's world of courage, mystery, and reward. The illustrations are magnificent. Dou ble-page spreads with rich and evoca tive colors create the forest world fully and imaginatively. The use of light, par ticularly as it filters through the trees at sunset, is spectacular. Carrick's atten tion to details of moss, fern, bark, ani mal life, medieval garb, expression, and especially composition has created page after page of glorious art. Leda Schubert, Vermont Department of Education, Montpelier
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A surrprising find!,
By The Handy Lady (Albuquerque, NM) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Harald and the Great Stag (Hardcover)
My four-year-old picked this book while at the library. I was like, great, a book about a deer...but it's actually really GOOD! It's set in the Middle Ages (believably so, I might add), in a forest owned by a Baron. Harald, a peasant boy, befriends a great stag who eludes many hunters.
The plot moves at a good pace and has a lot of excitement, conflict and danger for both Harald and the animals of the forest. Older children would probably enjoy it as well. I know I did!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Darn Good Book,
By Christ Only (USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: HARALD+THE GREAT STAG PA (Paperback)
I am a college student studying to get a degree in General Ministries. I tell you it is a shame that this book is out of print. It is one of the best children's books I have ever read!! It has an interesting plot. It takes place during the Middle Ages. Harald is a young boy who is captivated by this Great Stag. When he finds out that the Baron has organized a hunt to kill the stag, Harald sets out to confuse the Baron's hunting dogs. The book contains vibrant and life-like watercolors and colored pencil drawings - something that is rare in the newer children's books.
4.0 out of 5 stars
A lovely book,
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This review is from: HARALD+THE GREAT STAG PA (Paperback)
A sweet children's story of a boy who throws hunters off the scent so that the largest stag of the Baron's forest will not be found by his huntsmen. It is too bad that this listing does not show the cover, which is a glorious watercolor picture of Harald in the forest. Lush watercolor illustrations throughout the book bring warmth and color to the forest. Ages 5-9, or anyone interested in medieval tales.
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