pickThis selection of folktales is organized by theme (fairies, adventure, etc), and come from all over Great Britain, Ireland, and from some of the smaller islands as well. Crossley-Holland has published them before, but not this combination. He has curated them from a variety of tales collected in the 19th and early 20th centuries, and has updated the texts to modern standard English. I found these fun to read, and only recognized two. #folktales
Some of my candidates for this weekend's two readathons: #24B4Monday and #DeweysReadathon!
So far, I've read 4 hours and 5 minutes for #24B4Monday. #TeamStoker
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Book Mail! Received this ARC this week, from LibraryThing‘s Early Reviewers August list. At least I think August 🤔 I have one other nonfiction ARC to read first. I love folktales of all kinds, so I expect this will be a good read! #folktales #earlyreviewers #librarything #ARC
pickThe Carnegie Medal winning author and poet, Kevin Crossley-Holland has put together this lovingly collated collection of British and Irish folktales (evocatively illustrated by Frances Castle) with an excellent section at the end where he explains what the source material is and how he modified it for the book. All in all, it‘s a fascinating window on storytelling from a different age and should appeal to adults and children alike.
Between Worlds: Folktales of Britain and Ireland | 
