From the author of the Booker Prize-shortlisted Treacle Walker and the Carnegie Medal and Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize-winning classic, The Owl Service
Stunning new CollinsVoyager edition of Alan Garner’s collection of folklore.
Boggarts and gowks, fools and hobgoblins are only some of the strange and wonderful creatures in A Bag of Moonshine – a veritable treasure trove of stories chosen from the folklore of England and Wales.There are 22 tales in all, beautifully illustrated in black and whitel by prize-winning illustrator Patrick Lynch.
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From the author of the Booker Prize-shortlisted Treacle Walker and the Carnegie Medal and Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize-winning classic, The Owl Service
Stunning new CollinsVoyager edition of Alan Garner’s collection of folklore.
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Boggarts and gowks, fools and hobgoblins are only some of the strange and wonderful creatures in A Bag of Moonshine – a veritable treasure trove of stories chosen from the folklore of England and Wales.
There are 22 tales in all, beautifully illustrated in black and whitel by prize-winning illustrator Patrick Lynch.
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Alan Garner was winner of both the Carnegie and the Guardian Award for "The Owl Service" in 1968, and his "Stone Book Quartet" was awarded the Phoenix Award in 1996.
• Alan Garner is a multiple award-winner: he was was winner of both the Carnegie and the Guardian Award for The Owl Service in 1968, and his Stone Book Quartet was awarded the Phoenix Award in 1996.
• Sumptuous new look, encorporating Alan Garner’s own rebranding as well as embracing within CollinsVoyager.
• Reorigination of Patrick Lynch’s detailed drawings and redesign of internal text. Patrick Lynch won the Mother Goose Award (1987) for his beautiful black and white illustrations.
• Garner’s unique Alderley Edge Landscape Project at Manchester University is gaining tremendous acclaim.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780007127900
Publisert
2002-02-04
Utgiver
Vendor
HarperCollins
Vekt
106 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
10 mm
Aldersnivå
E, J, Y, 12, 13, 02, 03
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
144
Forfatter
Biographical note
Alan Garner was born in Cheshire, where he still lives today. His first book, The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, was published in 1960. He was awarded the OBE for services to children’s literature in the 2001 New Year Honours list