![]() ![]() ![]() The Secret of Black Rock is a tale which will make you think about those inanimate objects that you might think do nothing. The full page spreads enlighten and the circular images – give the reader different viewpoints on what is going on. ![]() ![]() The illustrations are filled with colour and the detail in each page will encourage you to look deeper into each picture. Will Erin succeed in teaching the adults how important this rock is to their ocean? And how much they need this if they are to continue to fish for food and income? She sinks deeper and deeper but she soon discovers that the Black Rock is in fact a living thing – and it saves her life.Įrin then realises how alive with life Black Rock is and is determined to save it from being destroyed by the fishing village. Erin, too busy staring at the towering rock doesn’t hold on tight enough and a wave knocks her overboard. With determination, every day she attempts to stow away on her mother’s fishing boat, always getting sniffed out by her dog until the day she outsmarts him and sails off hidden aboard.Īs the boat sails on, a fog descends and through that Black Rock emerges. The secret of Black Rock by Joe Todd-Stanton is an adventurous folktale in which a young girl named Erin is on a mission to find out more about Black Rock. Have you ever wondered how those tales came to be? Do love reading myths, legends and folk tales? ![]()
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