Kevin Crossley-Holland
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Kevin Crossley-Holland is a well-known poet and prize-winning author for children. His books include Waterslain Angels, a detective story set in north Norfolk in 1955, and Moored Man: A Cycle of North Norfolk Poems; Gatty's Tale, a medieval pilgrimage novel; and the Arthur trilogy (The Seeing Stone, At the Crossing-Places and King of the Middle March), which combines historical fiction with the retelling of Arthurian legend.
The Seeing Stone won the Guardian Children’s Fiction Award and the Smarties Prize Bronze Medal. The Arthur trilogy has won worldwide critical acclaim and has been translated into 21 languages.
Crossley-Holland has translated Beowulf from the Anglo-Saxon, and his retellings of traditional tales in...more
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The Seeing Stone (Arthur, #1) by Kevin Crossley-Holland avg rating 3.73 — 314 ratings — published 2000 16 editions |
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The Norse Myths by Kevin Crossley-Holland avg rating 3.97 — 166 ratings — published 1980 8 editions |
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At The Crossing Places (Arthur Trilogy, 2) by Kevin Crossley-Holland avg rating 3.72 — 145 ratings — published 2001 8 editions |
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King Of The Middle March by Kevin Crossley-Holland avg rating 4.01 — 111 ratings — published 2003 8 editions |
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Crossing To Paradise by Kevin Crossley-Holland avg rating 3.53 — 60 ratings — published 2008 |
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Gatty's Tale by Kevin Crossley-Holland avg rating 4.10 — 42 ratings — published 2006 5 editions |
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The Anglo-Saxon World: An Anthology by Kevin Crossley-Holland avg rating 3.91 — 23 ratings — published 1984 3 editions |
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Beowulf by Kevin Crossley-Holland avg rating 3.64 — 11 ratings — published 1968 4 editions |
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Once Upon A Poem by Kevin Crossley-Holland avg rating 3.50 — 10 ratings — published 2004 2 editions |
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Folk-Tales of the British Isles by Kevin Crossley-Holland avg rating 4.00 — 5 ratings — published 1986 5 editions |
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