Publisher's Synopsis
1926- Edinburgh, Scotland: Penelope Collins and her father are the only ones who remember the folk and fairy tales of the world. Lonely Penelope's life changes for adventure after a vindictive teacher expels her for telling her schoolmates the tales she knows. An enchanted fox appears that night to tell her a wondrous truth: her mother is alive, and creates the tales forgotten by the world on a hidden isle just across the sea. Like Prometheus bringing fire to earth, Penelope must travel to the Isle and bring the tales she loves back to the Realm of Men. Terrors lurk at each encounter with the fairy and folk tale inhabitants of the isle. None of whom are left the way Penelope remembers. A rogue sprite follows her journey and photographs her quest to find the Hob King, the cursed leader of the hobs, who kidnapped her mother. Now it's up to quiet, lonely Penelope to save her mother, save the stories, and save the world from looming destruction. The Story Weaver: Penelope and the Hob King combines the ancient myths of Mesopotamia and the fairy tales of Northern Europe. It is illustrated with over 40 photos to create a photographic trilogy.
