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The Big Tree of Bunlahy

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The Big Tree of Bunlahy: Stories of My Own Countryside is a children's short story collection by Padraic Colum. It contains thirteen stories based on the tales told to the author in his home town of Bunlahy in County Longford, Ireland. The first edition was illustrated by Jack Yeats.[1] The collection was first published in 1933 by Macmillan and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1934.[2]

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  1. ^ The Newbery Companion by John Thomas Gillespie and Corinne J. Naden, second edition, 2001 p. 68
  2. ^ "Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922-Present". American Library Association. Retrieved 2009-12-30.


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