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Collected Folk Tales

Collected Folk Tales

by Alan Garner
Hardback
Publication Date: 27/10/2011

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From the author of the Booker Prize-shortlisted Treacle Walker and the Carnegie Medal and Guardian Children's Fiction Prize-winning classic, The Owl Service

The definitive collection of traditional British folk tales, selected and retold by the renowned Alan Garner.
Following on from the fiftieth anniversary of Alan Garner's seminal fantasy classic, THE WEIRDSTONE OF BRISINGAMEN, this beautifully produced hardback collects all of Alan's folk tales, told with his unique storytelling skill and inimitably clear voice. Essential reading for young and old alike, and a book to be treasured.
ISBN:
9780007445974
9780007445974
Category:
Traditional stories (Children's / Teenage)
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
27-10-2011
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
336
Dimensions (mm):
222x141x29mm
Weight:
0.45kg
Alan Garner

Alan Garner was born and still lives in Cheshire, an area which has had a profound effect on his writing and provided the seed of many ideas worked out in his books. His fourth book, The Owl Service brought Alan Garner to everyone's attention.

It won two important literary prizes – The Guardian Award and the Carnegie Medal – and was made into a serial by Granada Television. It has established itself as a classic and Alan Garner as a writer of great distinction.

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