Kevin Crossley-Holland

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  • Bibliography:
    27 Books (1 Series)
  • First Book:
    July 1979
  • Latest Book:
    November 2024
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Full Series List in Order

Arthur

1 - The Seeing Stone (Oct-2001)
2 - At the Crossing Places (2001)
2 - Crossing To Paradise (Sep-2008)
3 - King of the Middle March (Sep-2004)
3 - Waterslain Angels (Oct-2008)
Gatty's Tale (Apr-2008)

Book List in Order: 27 titles

  • The Sea Stranger

  • The Norse Myths

    Here are thirty-two classic myths that bring the pre-Christian Scandinavian world vividly to life. Gods, humans, and monstrous beasts engage in prodigious drinking bouts, contests of strength, greedy schemes for gold, and lusty encounters. Included a...

  • British Folk Tales

  • Sleeping Nanna

  • Short!

    Award-winning author, Kevin Crossley-Holland, presents a collection of stories where even the longest story is very short- none longer than two pages. A wonderful mix of the best short stories. Some are old, some are new, some are scary, some are fun...

  • The Young Oxford Book of Folk Tales

    This is a collection of 35 folk tales from all over the world. You'll meet ghosts, spirits, robbers, princesses, sharks, and tigers, wealthy sultans and hungry peasants, fair maidens and cackling witches, rainbow birds and laughing fish. The stories ...

  • Beowulf

    This is the story of a young man who travelled far across the sea to fight two terrifying monsters-one who could rip a man apart and drink his blood, the other who lived like a sea-wolf at the bottom of a dark, blood-stained lake. The young hero's na...

  • Tales From the Old World

    Ten tales that sweep ancient Europe, from Iceland to England and from Greece to Denmark, giving a taste of the myth and folk-tale of them all. This book is bursting with fantastic retellings of old favorites such as The Pied Piper of Hamelin and Arth...

  • At the Crossing Places

    Arthur - 2

    Arthur de Caldicot has achieved his dream: He now serves as squire to Lord Stephen of Holt Castle. But this new world opens up fresh visions as well as old concerns. Arthur longs to escape the shadow of his unfeeling father and meet his birth mother....



  • The Seeing Stone

    Arthur - 1

    ONCE AND FUTURE. TWICE AND PAST. The year is 1199 and on the borders of England and Wales young Arthur de Caldicot waits impatiently to grow up and become a knight. One day his father's friend Merlin gives Arthur a shining black stone -- a seeing ...

  • World of King Arthur and His Court

    Drawn from both literary and historical sources, a fascinating tour of the magical world of Camelot vividly brings to life King Arthur and the legends surrounding him, including the sword Excalibur, the quests, the medieval romances, and much more. R...

  • King of the Middle March

    Arthur - 3

    Kevin Crossley-Holland's award-winning Arthur trilogy comes to its triumphant and moving close -- now in paperback!Arthur de Caldicot waits eagerly in Venice for the start of the Fourth Crusade. But it's now, when Arthur's future should be clearest, ...

  • How Many Miles To Bethlehem?

    Two modern masters illuminate the Nativity story, creating a sumptuous gift book for families to cherish.

    Mary, great with child. The lively donkey. The dignified wise men. The glorious angels. All the beloved figures of the nativity story are...

  • Gatty's Tale

    Arthur

    Of all the characters in THE SEEING STONE and AT THE CROSSING-PLACES, it is Gatty the village girl - steadfast, forthright, innocent and wise - who has won the hearts of readers. This is her story. Gatty, who has never been further than her own villa...

  • Crossing To Paradise

    Arthur - 2

    The irresistible Gatty discovers that "Every step that you take on pilgrimage is a step toward paradise" in this gorgeously written adventure by master medieval chronicler Kevin Crossley-Holland.Gatty is a field girl on a manor. She has never seen bu...

  • Waterslain Angels

    Arthur - 3

    In the village of Waterslain in Norfolk, in the 1950s, a fragment from a carved angel's wing is discovered. Maybe the wooden angels that once supported the church roof were not, after all, destroyed centuries ago, but spirited away to safety. Two chi...

  • Scramasax

  • The Riddlemaster

    Anouk, Ben and Cara dream of a fabulous treasure buried on the golden island across the harbor. A mysterious and grizzled old man offers them passage on his boat, but only if they can solve seven vexing riddles. If they succeed, a strange and magical...

  • Heartsong

    An orphan with no voice but an extraordinary musical gift. A man of music who discovers her gift. HEARTSONG is a spellbinding tale about the healing power of music, set against the mystery and beauty of Venice. Abandoned at the orphanage in Venice...



  • The Penguin Book of Norse Myths

    'Burning ice, biting flame; that is how life began' The extraordinary Scandinavian myth cycle is one of the most enduring, exciting, dramatic and compelling of the world's great stories. The Penguin Book of the Norse Myths compellingly retells these ...

  • The Animals Grimm

    A collection of 11 best-loved Grimm fairy tales featuring animal characters, including The Bremen Town Musicians, The Hedge King, The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids, The Hare and the Hedgehog, and more, translated by Guardian Children's Fiction Prize ...

  • Between Worlds

    Ancient, rich, and strange, these magical and eerie tales from across Britain and Ireland have been passed down from generation to generation.

    A handsome, cocky young man is swept up by a dark horseman and cast into a life-or-death adventure. ...

  • Norse Tales

  • Across the Rainbow Bridge

  • Arthur: The Always King

  • King Alfred and the Ice Coffin

    The illustrious creators of Arthur, the Always King return with a tale within a tale, focused on a heroic West Saxon king who championed the power of storytelling.When Wulfstan, an intrepid ninth-century sailor, arrives at King Alfred’s court, ...

  • Under the Sun and over the Moon

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Award-Winning Books by Kevin Crossley-Holland

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1985 Carnegie Medal -- Children's


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Kevin Crossley-Holland has published 27 books.

The next book by Kevin Crossley-Holland, King Alfred and the Ice Coffin, will be published in November 2024.

The first book by Kevin Crossley-Holland, The Sea Stranger, was published in July 1979.

Yes. Kevin Crossley-Holland has 1 series.
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