COLLECTED FOLK TALES

Short Stories & Anthologies Key Stage 3 Key Stage 4

By Alan Garner

Synopsis

A definitive collection of traditional folk tales, mostly, but not all from the British Isles, selected and retold by the renowned Alan Garner. Essential reading for young and old alike.

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Narrator	Tony Lister
Length	7hrs 30mins
Catalogue No.	9270
Publisher	HarperCollins Ltd

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BONELAND

Colin Whisterfield spends his days using a radio telescope to look for his lost sister. At the same time, and in another time, the Watcher dances to keep the sky above the earth and the stars flying. Colin will have to remember what happened when he was twelve, if he wants to find his sister. And the Watcher will have to find the Woman. Otherwise the skies will fall…

ELIDOR

In a ruined church in Manchester, Roland and his friends find themselves drawn into the twilight world of Elidor. There they discover an evil power which wants to pass into this world!

GREY WOLF, PRINCE JACK AND THE FIREBIRD

When fruit is stolen from his golden tree, the King is furious! Prince Jack must locate the culprit, but his simple quest to find the thief soon turns into a thrilling tale of love, friendship and betrayal . . .

THE MOON OF GROMRATH

In this exciting and atmospheric tale of magic and evil which began with The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (617320), Colin and Susan are not safe from the evil Morrigan and once more find themselves back in Fundindelve with the wizard Cadellin.

THE OWL SERVICE

The discovery of an old dinner service in the loft sets off a chain of events that repeat a tragic Welsh legend which affect the lives of Alison, Roger and Gwyn. After running away, Gwyn realises the only solution is to face up to the myth.

THE STONE BOOK

Mary, the stonemason's daughter, discovers a wonderful secret on her strange adventures under the earth.

TREACLE WALKER

An introspective young boy, Joseph Coppock squints at the world with his lazy eye. Living alone in an old house, he reads comics, collects birds’ eggs and plays with his marbles. When, one day, a rag-and-bone man called Treacle Walker appears, exchanging an empty jar of a cure-all medicine and a donkey stone for a pair of Joseph's pyjamas and a lamb's shoulder blade, a mysterious friendship develops between them.

THE WEIRDSTONE OF BRISINGAMEN

When Colin and Susan are pursued by eerie creatures across Alderley Edge, the Wizard - Cadellin Silverbrow - takes them to safety deep in the caves of Fundindelve. But the Weirdstone of Brisingamen is lost and the children realise that they are the key to its return, but how can they defeat the powerful magic of the Morrigan and her deadly brood?

WHERE SHALL WE RUN TO?: A MEMOIR

Alan Garner remembers his early childhood in the Cheshire village of Alderley Edge: life at the village school as 'a sissy and a mardy-arse'; his father joining the army to guard the family against Hitler; the coming of the Yanks, with their comics and sweets and chewing gum. From one of our greatest living writers, it is a remarkable and evocative memoir of a vanished England.