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…!
Note: if you are looking for a ePUB version, there is one here too…!
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How often do you ever get to see an ePub book that is formatted as the author had originally intended..? Having been an original reader of the first circulated .pdf file and already appreciated its clearly visible lay-out, my wife and I were very surprised to see just how well it transposed over to our Kindle. Actually, we wished more authors would spend time formatting their digital products in such a way. Apart from that, we loved the stories and can't wait to share them with our neice when she comes to visit next month.
I downloaded this out of curiosity. Had a long bus trip to do and thought it would get my mind off the hassle of wearing these masks. Unfortunately, it only took me a couple of hours to read these first four chapters and I was left hoping that the next ones would be coming out very, very soon! I would have given it 5 stars but I personally thought that on occasion the vocabulary was a little too advanced. But as a learning resource, I can see that this would be quite an asset.
Even though I know this is really a kid's story, I don't care: I just LOVED this! Can't wait for the next chapters.
