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Between worlds : folktales of Britain & Ireland / Kevin Crossley-Holland ; illustrations by Frances Castle.

by Crossley-Holland, Kevin.

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Candlewick Press, c2019.

398.20941 C951bw

Folklore -- Great Britain -- Juvenile literature.

Folklore -- Ireland -- Juvenile literature.

Legends -- Juvenile literature.

British folk tales.

First U.S. edition.

341 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

"First published in 1987 as British Folk Tales by Orchard Books"--Title page verso.

Magic and wonder. The dark horseman ; Three heads of the well ; The small-tooth dog ; Butterfly soul ; King of the cats ; The baker's daughter ; The dead moon -- Adventures and legends. The slumber king ; The green children ; The last of the picts ; The oldest of them all ; Fair gruagach ; The peddler of Swaffham ; The wildman ; The lambton worm ; Shonks and the dragon ; Sea tongue -- Fairies and little people. The piper and the pooka ; Tom tit tot ; Monday, Tuesday ; The changeling ; The farmer and the boggart ; The shepherd's tale ; Fairy ointment ; Charger ; Dathera dad ; Yallery brown -- Men and women. The three blows ; The fine field of flax ; Sea woman ; The black bull of norway ; Mossycoat ; Tam Lin ; Yellow lily ; The green mist -- Wits, tricks, and laughter. A village of fools ; Mare's eggs ; The cow that ate the piper ; Poll ; The wise men of Gotham ; Magpies in teh crabtree ; The riddler -- Ghosts. Boo! ; Samuel's ghost ; Slam and the ghosts ; The dauntless girl ; Billy ; Fear and fly -- Afterword: Why everyone needs to be able to tell a story.

The definitive collection of British and Irish folktales from master storyteller and poet Kevin Crossley-Holland. Rich and strange, these eerie and magical folktales from across Britain and Ireland have been passed down from generation to generation, and are gathered together in a definitive new collection from the master storyteller and winner of the Carnegie Medal, Kevin Crossley-Holland. Dark and funny, lyrical and earthy, these fifty stories are part of an important and enduring historical tradition that dates back hundreds of years. Described by Neil Gaiman as the "master", Crossley-Holland's unforgettable retellings will capture the imagination of readers young and old alike.

Castle, Frances, 1966-

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