Between Worlds: Folktales of Britain and Ireland

By Kevin Crossley-Holland

Book Overview

Ancient, rich, and strange, these magical and eerie tales from across Britain and Ireland have been passed down from generation to generation.

A handsome, cocky young man is swept up by a dark horseman and cast into a life-or-death adventure. A pair of green children emerge from a remote hollow and struggle to adapt to a strange new land. A dauntless farm girl finds that her fearlessness earns her a surprising reward. Dark but often funny, lyrical yet earthy, the folktales presented here have influenced our landscape and culture. This definitive collection of forty-eight stories, retold by master storyteller and poet Kevin Crossley-Holland, opens a doorway to a lost world and shows the enduring power of language and imagination.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1536209414
• ISBN13: 9781536209419
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Candlewick Press (MA)
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.4" x 8.5"
• Age Range: 10 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher