Alan Garner

The definitive collection of traditional British folk tales, selected and retold by the renowned Alan Garner. Following on from the fiftieth anniversary of Alan Garner's seminal fantasy classic, THE WEIRDSTONE OF BRISINGAMEN, here are collected all of Alan's folk tales, told with his unique storytelling skill and inimitably clear voice. Essential reading for young and old alike. Among the stories collected here are: • Kate Crackernuts • Gold-Tree...

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Three brothers and a sister take the responsibility of possession of a length of iron railing, a keystone, two pieces of wood, and a cracked cup which symbolize the power of a spear, a sword, a stone, and a cauldron to generate light for the Kingdom of Elidor.

With the help of the wizard Cadellin, Colin and Susan struggle to contain the forces of evil unleashed by the inadvertent awakening of the band of ancient horsemen known as the Wild Hunt. Sequel to "The weirdstone of Brisingamen."

The lives of three young men in three different periods of British history converge and each influences the destiny of the others.

A boy climbs to the top of a giant beanstalk, where he uses his quick wits to outsmart an ogre and make his and his mother's fortune.

The goblins, witches, and other ghastly creatures that plague Susan and Colin are inexplicable until Susan discovers that the stone in her bracelet is the magical Firefrost which must be returned to the good wizard Cadellin immediately if it is to continue to protect the world from evil powers.

A collection of twenty-one traditional tales from the British Isles.

Four interconnected fables of a way of living in rural England that is now disappeared. Craftsmen pass on, or withhold, secrets of their relationship with the natural world, which gives them the material from which they create useful and beautiful things. Smiths and chandlers, steeplejacks and quarrymen, all live and work hand in hand with the seasons, the elements and the land. There is a mutual respect and a knowledge of the magical here that somehow,...