He tells her that he was the white bear and he could have been free if a maiden stayed with him willingly for a year without looking at his human face. A North baby will be wild, a traveller and liable to meet an untimely end – however when Rose makes an unexpectedly early entrance into the world all Eugenia’s plans to have an East facing baby are thrown into disarray. Inis magazine was critical writing that "Pattou has replaced the conciseness of the folktale form (her novel makes use of 'East of the Sun, West of the Moon') with a detail-oriented kind of epic exoticism, and more has been lost than gained in the exchange. When that’s been blocked, wrapped and given with love, the crackers have been pulled and the pudding is going down, I plan to bash out a couple more hats for the Pussyhat Project before the deadline of January 14th – cerise yarn ready and waiting. I loved reading, especially fairy tales, and one day inside a battered book with a blue cover I discovered a tale that cast a spell on me.

The plot of North Child is constructed around the Norwegian fairy tale ‘East of the Sun and West o’ the Moon’.Because the man/bear failed to break his curse within a year, the troll queen who placed him under the curse comes to take him to her castle "east of the sun and west of the moon," where he will be her prisoner. My own journey to the land that lies east of the sun and west of the moon began when I was a little girl. For Rose was born facing north, and the old stories say she is destined to travel far from home on a dangerous journey. and "Handsomely evoking a landscape filled with castles, trolls, shamans and spellbound princes, the story will exercise its audience's imagination. Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan Republic, Belarus, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Channel Islands, Comoros, Cook Islands, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Fiji, French Polynesia, Gabon Republic, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Greenland, Guam, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, India, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Puerto Rico, Republic of the Congo, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, San Marino, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Swaziland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Vatican City State, Venezuela, Virgin Islands (U.

While writing North Child, which is based on the Norwegian fairy tale “East of the Sun and West of the Moon”, Edith became an expert in mapmaking, seamanship, Scandinavian languages, Norse mythology and the Arctic, journeying by ship through the fjords of Norway. Seeing the same friendly faces vending at these events – and many more in posts online – brought home how much I love being a part of this hardworking, creative, clever and caring wool tribe. She is the author of two highly acclaimed fantasy novels in the US, "Hero's Song" in the Songs of Eirren series, and "Fire Arrow", a Booklist Top Ten Fantasy Novel of the Year. The more Rose sees of the palace, and the more she comes to like the bear, the more curious she gets.Last year, my blog was seriously neglected in the whirlwind of making, teaching and selling; all I can say in my defence is, looking back through my year-planner, I genuinely don’t know how I did it all! When I take North Child to knitting events, I bring with me a little notebook so that, in all the hustle and bustle of the show, I won’t forget the useful and helpful comments I get. Despite her mother’s protestations to the contrary, Rose was born facing North, which according to local lore means that she will travel far away from home.