Salar the Salmon

Salar the Salmon by Williamson, Henry; Loates, Mick [Illustrator]. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780863501524.

In Latin "salar" means "leaper" and to the Romans who first came to England the name perfectly described the magnificent sea-run salmon that fought their way up rivers and streams.In Henry Williamsons great nature story, Salar is a five-year-old salmon returning to the stream of his birth. He faces great dangers, cruising lampreys, poachers with their cruel nets and spears, sharp-eyed otters, cascading falls, all between Salar and his goal in the spawning sands. This is a book about life and death, and not just about a salmon, set in an intricate depiction of nature. This edition is beautifully illustrated by Mike Loates.