by DjinnPhiz
The Féya of the Mittlevärg is a reportage based on a true story told to her grandchild by an old Irish Lady who had a close connection with one of the "Little People" at the time of the 1840's Irish Potato Famine.
• ABOUT – The Féya of the Mittlevärg… (.pdf Version*)
When she had been just a little girl – crying alone at the death, from starvation, of her own Grandmother and herself barely a survivor of the Great Irish Potato Famine – GeeGeeGee had one day met a real, live Féya – called ALYANA.
As GeeGeeGee had grown-up and over the span of her lifetime, Alyana was to share with her everything she knew about the Féya of the Mittlevärg – that place in a parallel dimension inhabited by the Little People who occasionally come across and sometimes even shared some of their magic with us bumbling and mostly insensitive “Big People” of the Uttervëlt.
Smaller than we ourselves are – though “larger than Life" within their own environment – the Féya inhabit a world filled with mysteries, magic and social balance: one in which many of the ëlvenen immediately surrounding Alyana, are accompanied by their own amazing “Familiars” (companion 'beasties').
Not unlike within our own environment, the World of the Féya also has its various tragedies – as well as its rules, Rites of Passage for the youngsters and many, many other aeons-old traditions by which they regulate their lives and so manage to live in harmony.
Sometimes, bad things also happen – such as when an Ôrmjöker (a kind-of dragon whose race had survived the Ice Age) might suddenly swoop-down and carry away an ëlvenen and, maybe also, one of their würruknin companions (a parallel race of descendants from the Orcs).
There are fourteen Character-stories related to these Ëlvenen, all of which Alyana recounts to GeeGeeGee: along with their Familiars, their adventures, loves, likes and other challenges – each of them forming a Chapter woven into its own part of this amazing tale...
• However…
– The Féya of the Mittlevärg is not just a faerie story: it has also been compiled as a complete, entertaining and involved learning experience – where the reader may begin to acquire some of the more common Féya words, may reference them in the Glossary at the end of each book section and also refer to a complete, visual guide as to “who-is-who”.
– Additionally, each Chapter – and its hero / heroine Character – has its own, full Colour picture: along with a copy of it in which the reader may try to find the (11), (12) or (13) “differences” between the two, otherwise identical images; and in case its too hard, a detailed, visual Crib is also included.
– Then – because this is, after all (!) a “coloring-in book”, there is a Black-and-White Line drawing for each Chapter that the reader can print-out and color-in: either using their own imagination or – (much harder) – by copying the main Colour reference image.
Because the tale written in “adult language”, each chapter contains a list of words that may-or-may-not be known: so a space next to each word is provided in which to eventually write down their Dictionary-researched meanings – and then later referred-back to: as an “aide memoire”…
– Along with a number of questions to answer at the end of each character's story, the Chapter may be considered as a planned and purpose-developed aide to both test and encourage the visual and comprehension skills of the reader.
• So – we hope you really enjoy this story – and look-out for the next Chapters which will all be published as we go along…!
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Bought this to share with my nine-year-old daughter and her 5.5-year-old brother. OK – the language was sometimes quite advanced for their ages, but what was cool is that it meant that I had to read it to them and also go over the vocab and other stuff. I even learnt a few words myself! The funny thing is that as I was reading it to them, I myself became totally wrapped in the stories, the characters, and the whole 'other world' concept. What was really good too were the color pages with the 12 differences on them to spot and my son went totally bananas with his crayons coloring-in the black-and-white. I can really recommend this concept where there is a story as well as other interactive elements that also involve tthe parents. We are all waiting for the next chapters!
The idea behind a book that is a little bit more than 'just' a coloring-book, is really quite edgy. When I picked this up for my 10-year-old daughter, I wasn't expecting that over and above the coloring-in pages there would be so much more! We had a lot of fun trying to pronounce some of the feya words and we probably didn't get them right, either! Despite the pronunciation guide in the glossary. I liked the idea that at the end of each chapter there were some questions that my daughter had to read and answer and she sometimes had to go back and re-read one or two things so as to make sure she had fully understood them. In the end, we both had fun coloring-in the pics. I only give it a 4 star because we bioth wished that all the chapters had been present - not just the first four.
Wow! And again, DOUBLE Wow! I picked this up on a Tuesday and printed it out at my office for my seven-year-old daughter, thinking that all I was getting was a coloring-in book. What a surprise...! I started reading it on the MTA going home and was going to give it to her that evening. But in the end, the story-line was just so 'outta-this-world' that it dragged me down into its seductive rabbit hole of mysteries and in the end, I only gave it to on the Saturday morning! (AFTER I had again printed out the line drawings for her to color-in because I have to admit, I found myself doodling on them with coloured felts when I really should have been working! Can't wait for the next chapters.!
For me this writing was quite hard. But for my daughter who is ten and born here, she was sometimes teaching me. This is a different kind of book that we have not seen before. I like it. But only 4 stars because I didn't understand everything.
English is not my first language. For my children, is better. They understand very well. Dictionary helped much in checking words at end of each chapter and make easy to learn better. I use this book more than my kids! We like very much. Merci beaucoup, Monsieur Djinn :)
Hola Signor Djinn! I am 10 years old and my abuela bought me this book. I LOVE the stories. Syblissa is my favourite. She is much nicer that Saftya who is like a girl at school that I don't like at all. My papa printed me the black and white pics 5 times because I so liked to color. I have colored each one different. Some of the pictures with differences are really very hard. Thank you for making crib at end. Please, please make the next stories quickly! muchas bezos. Pao,
