Outsiders

New
Paperback
2007
$8.95

Six strange and haunting stories, set in isolated communities inland and by the sea, where insiders stick together, and outsiders - a girl outlawed for her illegitimate child, a wild man who walks out of the sea - are regarded with suspicion. Kevin Crossley-Holland has a genius for reinventing folk tales in a way that makes the characters real people, whose thoughts and feelings are our own. This little collection brings together some of his finest and most admired retellings, including the three best-known of all, 'The Green Children', 'Sea-Tongue' and 'The Wild Man'. Linked by ideas about exile and displacement, they make a thought-provoking book for our times, beautifully presented with line drawings by a notable artist.

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Six strange and haunting stories, set in isolated communities inland and by the sea, where insiders stick together, and outsiders - a girl outlawed for her illegitimate child, a wild man who walks out of the sea - are regarded with suspicion. Kevin Crossley-Holland has a genius for reinventing folk tales in a way that makes the characters real people, whose thoughts and feelings are our own. This little collection brings together some of his finest and most admired retellings, including the three best-known of all, 'The Green Children', 'Sea-Tongue' and 'The Wild Man'. Linked by ideas about exile and displacement, they make a thought-provoking book for our times, beautifully presented with line drawings by a notable artist.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 112
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Orion Children's Books
Published: 15 Mar 2007
ISBN 10: 1842555561
ISBN 13: 9781842555569
Children’s book age: 7-9 Years
Book Overview: By the author of the best-selling ARTHUR trilogy (total sales now over 400,000) Called by Philip Pullman 'this great storyteller' A desirable small-format book, beautifully decorated The outsiders theme is highly relevant today and gives this new collection a high profile 'The Green Children' and 'The Wildman' have had long lives as individual books and as librettos for operas performed by children All the stories are already known in schools and are widely used by teachers Christian Birmingham very well known as a picture book illustrator 'Sometimes beautiful, sometimes perplexing, these are as much for adults as for children' (Telegraph Online) 'an enthralling collection ... [Crossley-Holland's] language and style echo the haunting tenor of the stories' (INIS) 'the power of these tales lies in the way he places the reader squarely in the shoes of the outsiders. Quick mention must be made of Christian Birmingham's black and white drawings, capturing moments of expression or posture that vividly enhance the tales' (TES)

Author Bio

Kevin Crossley-Holland is a distinguished novelist, poet, and storyteller. His Arthur trilogy is a bestseller round the world. He has won many awards, including the Carnegie Medal for Storm and the Guardian Children's Fiction Award for The Seeing Stone. He is widely regarded as the leading reteller of classic tales. He lives on the North Norfolk coast.