The Wonder-Smith and His Son: A Tale from the Golden Childhood of the World

Ella Young (1867 - 1956)

This 1928 Newbery Honor book is a collection of fourteen Irish folktales about the Gubbaun Saor, a mythologized historical architect and smith who lived in the 6th century, A.D. He was a builder in both wood and stone, and many churches, oratories, and bell towers were attributed to him. - Summary by Lynette Caulkins

Genre(s): Children's Fiction, Culture & Heritage Fiction, Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

Language: English

Group: Newbery Medal and Honor Books

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Greeting, Foreward, Acknowledgements Lynette Caulkins
00:05:56
Play 01 How the Gubbaun Saor Got His Trade James R. Hedrick
00:04:34
Play 02 How the Gubbaun Proved Himself ShrimpPhish
00:07:18
Play 03 How the Gubbaun Saor Got His Son TracyAnn
00:03:27
Play 04 How the Gubbaun Tried His Hand at Match-Making ShrimpPhish
00:03:51
Play 05 How the Son of the Gubbaun Met with Good Luck CaretakerSaxon
00:05:58
Play 06 How the Gubbaun Saor Welcomed Home His Daughter Lynette Caulkins
00:07:35
Play 07 How the Gubbaun Quarreled with Aunya and What Came of It CaretakerSaxon
00:04:36
Play 08 How the Son of the Gubbaun Saor Talked with Lords from a Strange Country Lynette Caulkins
00:10:50
Play 09 The Building of Balor's Dune TracyAnn
00:08:49
Play 10 How the Djinn Out of Balor's Country Brought a Message to Aunya TracyAnn
00:07:23
Play 11 The Embassy of Balor's Son TracyAnn
00:07:21
Play 12 The Gubbaun Saor's Feast TracyAnn
00:08:52
Play 13 How the Gubbaun Saor Went Into the Country of the Ever-Young, and The Great Piast Lynette Caulkins
00:12:09