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The Magic Lands

by Kevin Crossley-Holland · 1985

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A magnificent book of 55 folk and fairy tales, wonder tales and ghost stories from all over Britain and Ireland. Taken from original sources and then brilliantly retold in a fresh and modern way, this is the most comprehensive and authoritative collection written in the last twenty years. A handsome trade paperback with notes and sources. Each story has a beautiful opening illustration by Emma Chichester Clark, a major illustrator.

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First published by Orchard Books as BRITISH FOLK TALES, it attracted rave reviews: 'outstanding' Naomi Lewis in The Observer 'a sourcebook of folklore no home with children should be without' The Independent 'this great storyteller' Philip Pullman in The Guardian 'a fine storyteller with a poet's ear' The Independent

Genre
folklorefolkloreMore like thisLess of thismythologymythologyMore like thisLess of thismyths and folkloremyths and folkloreMore like thisLess of thisfantasyfantasyMore like thisLess of this
Setting
EnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of thisBritishBritishMore like thisLess of thisIrelandIrelandMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 393 pages
Form
short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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