The Ring and the Fire by Clyde Robert Bulla (Purple House Press) Colonial And with a book jacket

And with a book jacket adorned with glitter

yet promise to be with us always

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SUSIE SPIKOL is a naturalist at the Harris Center for Conservation Education in Hancock

The Ring and the Fire by Clyde Robert Bulla (Purple House Press) Colonial And with a book jacketThe opera cycle, The Ring of the Nibelung, by Richard Wagner, stands as one of the greatest achievements in the history of music. Wagner based his Ring cycle on tales from Norse and German mythology after studying ancient legends of gods, demigods, and earthly beings. He spent years writing and shaping his material, the result was an epic story, heroic and exalted, told through his stirring music. Clyde Robert Bulla tells the stories that make up The