Description
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.
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.
About the Author
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
Book Information
ISBN 9780007127900
Author Alan Garner
Format Paperback
Page Count 144
Imprint HarperCollins
Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Weight(grams) 106g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 129mm * 10mm