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While these are well told stories, the were a disappointment after the poetic language and compelling story-telling of the Arthur trilogy.
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Beautiful. Six short stories, re-told from folk tales taken from around Britain.
These would be even more beautiful read aloud outside, whilst breathing in the fresh air. As with all Kevin Crossley-Holland's stories - there is this beautiful freedom - as if you're looking up into the sky. His long running sentences or short clipped exclamations shouting out to nature. I don't quite know how he does it.
My favourite story I think was The Wildman.
These would be even more beautiful read aloud outside, whilst breathing in the fresh air. As with all Kevin Crossley-Holland's stories - there is this beautiful freedom - as if you're looking up into the sky. His long running sentences or short clipped exclamations shouting out to nature. I don't quite know how he does it.
My favourite story I think was The Wildman.
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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 re...more
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