Enchantment

Enchantment

by Emma Chichester Clark (Author), Kevin Crossley-Holland (Author)

Synopsis

A brilliant collaboration between a great storyteller and one of the best-loved of all illustrators brings us this wonderful book of twenty stories from all over England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales. It includes such old favourites as Tom Tit Tot and The Frog Prince, some seriously spooky ghost stories, and a whole range of tales of fairy magic and mystery. Emma Chichester Clark is at her very best in the ravishing, tender and humorous pictures that appear on almost every page, and Kevin Crossley-Holland's retellings are spellbinding. There can be no better introduction than this lovely book to the wealth of folk and fairy tales of these islands. The stories were first published in Kevin Crossley-Holland's British Folk Tales (Orchard), which Orion will reissue as Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland next year. Rave reviews included: 'A fine storyteller with a poet's ear' TLS; 'this great storyteller' Philip Pullman in the Guardian; 'outstanding' Naomi Lewis in the Observer; 'a sourcebook of folklore no home with children should be without' The Independent.

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More Information

Format: Hardcover
Pages: 128
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Orion Children's Books
Published: 05 Oct 2000

ISBN 10: 1858816920
ISBN 13: 9781858816920
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Author Bio
Kevin Crossley-Holland's most recent book is THE SEEING STONE, the first volume in his Arthurian trilogy for Orion. His children's book STORM won the Carnegie Medal in 1985. He is a poet, a broadcaster and a notable reteller of folk tales. He lives on the North Norfolk coast. Emma Chichester Clark trained at the Royal College of Art. She is very well-known as the illustrator of many notable books for children and has written some picture books of her own.