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Original Title:	Tam Lin
ISBN:	015201697X (ISBN13: 9780152016975)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Tam Lin
Setting:	Scotland The Borders, Scotland

Tam Lin Paperback | Pages: 32 pages

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A young girl triumphs over the Queen of Faeries to reclaim her ancestral home and free her true love in this haunting retelling of an old Scottish ballad. “Mikolaycak’s illustrations...attract attention yet do not overpower the story, making the book one that could be easily used as a picture story book presentation for middle- and upper-grade or even adult audiences.”-The Horn Book

List About Books Tam Lin

Title	:	Tam Lin
Author	:	Jane Yolen
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 32 pages
Published	:	April 15th 1998 by HMH Books for Young Readers (first published 1990)
Categories	:	Childrens. Picture Books. Fantasy. Fairy Tales. Fiction. Folklore

Rating About Books Tam Lin

Ratings: 4.05 From 559 Users | 52 Reviews

Criticism About Books Tam Lin

well told and engaging story with a nice additional history of the story at the end that reveals a teensy bit about how it originated. I loved the "original" verses. The art work was also gorgeous.

Nicely illustrated version of an ancient Scottish ballad with a strong female lead.

Michael is right; those of us who love the art of Trina Schart Hyman would also enjoy that of Mikolaycak. Yolen tells this old story beautifully, and includes a good author's note.

Out of all of the fairy tale books I read this week I found this one to be the most unique. Unlike all of the others, a female is the main character who saves the male character. I thought the bold paintings throughout were fantastic. The images let the readers feel the setting. This Scottish ballad has both a dark side, as well as the fairy tale happily ever after in the end. I loved it.

I have loved the tale of Tam Lin since I first read The Perilous Gard way back in Jr High (Seriously if you haven't read it please do it's amazing). This versions was also beautiful and the illustrations fit perfectly.

Lyrical and with its occasionally almost song-like prose often hearkening back to the original Tam Lin ballads, Jane Yolen's Tam Lin truly and glowingly is a lovely and wonderful retelling of the latter (and their thematics), giving strong and for a picture book delightfully developed and nuanced personalities to both Jennet (Janet) MacKenzie and Tam Lin (the enchanted fairy knight and erstwhile human Jennet must release and rescue not only from his fairy captivity but also and more importantly

To date, this is the best adaptation of the Scottish ballad I've found, lyrical even when it's in prose and with very gorgeous artwork as well. Love Mikolaycak's style a lot, so reminiscent of Trina Schart Hyman's, another favourite.