Why the moon travels

<p><em style=background-color: rgba(254 253 248 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Why the moon travels</em><span style=background-color: rgba(254 253 248 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> is a haunting collection of twenty tales rooted in the oral tradition of the Irish Traveller community. Brave vixens prophetic owls and stalwart horses live alongside the human characters as guides protectors friends and foes while spirits giants and fairies blur the lines between this world and the otherworld. Collected by Oein DeBhairduin throughout his childhood retold in his lyrical style and beautifully illustrated by Leanne McDonagh. </span><em style=background-color: rgba(254 253 248 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Why the moon travels</em><span style=background-color: rgba(254 253 248 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> won both the Judges' Special Award and the Eilís Dillon Award at the 2021 KPMG Children's Books Ireland Awards.</span></p><p></p><p><strong>Praise for Why the moon travels</strong></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(254 253 248 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>'A truly important book. Manages somehow to embody in the same breath the dazzling philosophy of the Pavee and the powerful poetry in their stories. Oein DeBhairduin's lovely introductions are passionate and beautifully written in their own right and his versions of these vivid stories are extraordinary and deeply affecting. The whole enterprise is both personal and universal and also marks the debut of a true writer.' - Sebastian Barry</em></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(254 253 248 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>'The human world and the natural world myth folklore kindness and cruelty combine in DeBhairduin's skilful and vivid collection and the reader is left with a deep sense of the power of story and of love in the life of a child.' - Deirdre Sullivan</em></p><p></p><p><em style=background-color: rgba(254 253 248 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>'Many of the old tales have slipped from the campfire circle to sleep forever with the tellers. Here then is a rare collection of original gems nourished and nurtured from the pen of a Mincéir.' - Jess Smith</em></p><p></p>