What's the Book About?
Moya is no ordinary child. She is beautiful, gentle – and luck follows her wherever she goes. But is she lucky enough to escape the Little People and an evil queen? Brown A, A traditional Irish Folktale
Book Details
- Band:
- Scheme: Bug Club
- Type: Fiction
- Author: Malachy Doyle
Reviews from Our Readers
Ethan (Age 6)
Rating: 5 / 5
This book is about
In this book there are two stories.
The first is about three men, Aidan, Brian and Conary, who look after cattle in Ireland and find a baby girl in the forest. They call her Moya. The Little People from under the ground had left her in the forest. When Moya is older, the Little People come back for her, but Aidan tells them to wait for another year.
The King of Ireland takes Moya to his palace to live with him and grants Aidan, Brian and Conary three wishes.
The second story is about the jealous Queen, who wants to kill Moya's little red bull to make beef tea. Moya and the little red bull escape to Scotland and Moya marries the Scottish Prince.
The main characters are
Moya
My favourite part of the book is
When the King grants Aidan, Brian and Conary three wishes.
I would also like to say
The jealous Queen had three sons called Cucadoo, Cucadee and Cucadiddle.
Ciaran (Age 6)
Rating: 5 / 5
This book is about
The first story is about when Aidan, Brian and Conary find baby Moya. When Moya grows up she lives with the king to stay safe from the Little People.
In the second story, the king marries a new queen and she is jealous of Moya. The queen sends Moya into the fields each day with no breakfast and no lunch. Moya survives still and the queen thinks that she must be eating something. She sends each of her sons out with Moya to see if she is eating. The first two sons eat a leaf and fall asleep. Moya has something to eat with the red bull while they are sleeping. When the third son is offered the leaf he does not want to eat it. He sees Moya eating with the red bull and tells the queen.
The queen pretends to be ill and asks the king to kill the red bull and make some beef tea to make her better. The king tells Moya and she escapes with the red bull. Moya goes to Scotland and marries the King of Scotland´s son.
The main characters are
Moya.
My favourite part of the book is
When Moya and the little red bull escape from the queen.
I would also like to say
There are two stories in this book; ¨The Luck Child¨ and ¨ Moya and the Little Red Bull¨.
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