num_pages: 337
description: From the author of the Booker Prize-shortlisted Treacle Walker and the Carnegie Medal and Guardian Childrens Fiction Prize-winning classic The Owl Service The definitive collection of traditional British folk tales selected and retold by the renowned Alan Garner. Following on from the fiftieth anniversary of Alan Garners seminal fantasy classic THE WEIRDSTONE OF BRISINGAMEN here are collected all of Alans folk tales told with his unique storytelling skill and inimitably clear voice. Essential reading for young and old alike. Among the stories collected here  Kate Crackernuts Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree Yallery Brown
language: English
title: Collected Folk Tales
publisher: HarperCollins Children's Books