Between Worlds: Folktales of Britain & Ireland by Frances Castle - ISBN: 9781406381252
Hardcover
Eerie folktales from Britain & Ireland, capturing imaginations across generations.

Between Worlds: Folktales of Britain & Ireland

Folktales of Britain & Ireland

  • Hardcover

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    4 October 2018

Summary

The definitive collection of British and Irish folktales from master storyteller and poet Kevin Crossley-Holland.

Rich and strange, these eerie and magical folktales from across Britain and Ireland have been passed down from generation to generation, and are gathered together in a definitive new collection from the master storyteller and winner of the Carnegie Medal, Kevin Crossley-Holland. Dark and funny, lyrical and earthy, these fifty stories are part of an importa…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781406381252
ISBN-10:140638125X
Author:Frances Castle, Kevin Crossley-Holland
Publisher:Walker Books Ltd
Imprint:Walker Books Ltd
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:4 October 2018
Weight:270g
Dimensions:21mm x 128mm x 198mm
Audience Age:9-16
A-Format
B-Format
Between Worlds: Folktales of Britain & Ireland by Frances Castle - ISBN: 9781406381252
128 × 198 mm
C-Format
A4
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What They're Saying

Critics Review

“[…] a magnificent collection of folktales.” * The Guardian *
“One of our best chroniclers of myths and legends” * i newspaper *
“Perfect fireside reading.” * The Financial Times *
“With shadowy, evocative illustrations this is a wonderful volume for the whole family to curl up with on a cold winter’s evening.” * The Daily Mail *
“Between Worlds is one to keep, and Kevin Crossley-Holland’s clean bright direct language is the reason it’s a keeper.” * Society for Storytelling *

About The Author

Frances Castle

KEVIN CROSSLEY-HOLLAND is a Carnegie Medal-winning author and a well-known poet. The Seeing Stone won the Guardian Children’s Fiction Award, the Smarties Prize Bronze Medal and the Tir na n-Og Award. His Arthur trilogy has won worldwide critical acclaim, sold well over one million copies and been translated into twenty-five languages. He has translated Beowulf from the Anglo-Saxon, and his retellings of traditional tale include The Penguin Book of Norse Myths and British Folk Tales. He lives on the north Norfolk coast in East Anglia.

Frances Castle has been working as a freelance illustrator for over ten years after beginning her career in the computer games industry. She is inspired by comic book art and vintage children’s books from the 50s and 60s, and loves good charity shop finds of old magazines, books and packaging. She lives in north London.

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