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Kevin Crossley-Holland

Author of The Norse Myths

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Works by Kevin Crossley-Holland
The Norse Myths 1,851 copies, 18 reviews
The Seeing Stone 1,745 copies, 23 reviews
At the Crossing Places 806 copies, 11 reviews
King of the Middle March 614 copies, 6 reviews
The Anglo-Saxon World 561 copies, 5 reviews
Folk Tales of the British Isles 365 copies, 5 reviews
Crossing To Paradise 287 copies, 12 reviews
Beowulf - Abridged (Crossley-Holland) (Editor) 241 copies, 2 reviews
The Exeter Book Riddles 190 copies, 2 reviews
World of King Arthur and His Court: The: People, Places, Legend, and Lore 143 copies, 3 reviews
Once Upon A Poem 142 copies, 5 reviews
How Many Miles To Bethlehem? 113 copies, 3 reviews
Bracelet of Bones 77 copies, 3 reviews
Between Worlds: Folktales of Britain and Ireland 76 copies, 18 reviews
British Folk Tales: New Versions 72 copies, 1 review
Norse Myths: Tales of Odin, Thor and Loki 71 copies
Medieval Lovers: A Book of Days 57 copies
Storm 50 copies, 1 review
The Ugly Duckling {retold by Kevin Crossley-Holland} 49 copies, 1 review
The Magic Lands: Folk Tales of Britain and Ireland 47 copies
The Old Stories: Folk Tales from East Anglia and the Fen Country (Dolphin… 43 copies, 2 reviews
Short!: A Book of Very Short Stories 34 copies, 1 review
Wordhoard: Anglo-Saxon Stories 33 copies, 1 review
King Arthur's World 33 copies, 1 review
Waterslain Angels 31 copies, 1 review
Under the Sun and Over the Moon 29 copies
Scramasax 28 copies, 1 review
Outsiders 27 copies, 1 review
Faber Book of Northern Legends 26 copies, 1 review
The Anglo-Saxon Elegies (Translator) 26 copies
The Sea Stranger 26 copies, 1 review
Green blades rising: The Anglo-Saxons 25 copies, 1 review
The Young Oxford Book of Folk Tales 24 copies, 2 reviews
Axe-age, Wolf-age: Selection from the Norse Myths 21 copies, 2 reviews
Viking!: Myths of Gods and Monsters 20 copies
The fox and the cat : Kevin Crossley-Holland's Animal tales from Grimm ;… 20 copies, 1 review
The Dead Moon and Other Tales from East Anglia and the Fen Country 20 copies
The Faber Book of Northern Folk-Tales (Editor) 19 copies
Medieval Gardens: A Book of Days. 19 copies
Tales from the Old World 19 copies
The Oxford Book of Travel Verse 18 copies
Norse Myths (Children's Adaptation) 18 copies
Battle of Maldon and Other Old English Poems (Translator) 18 copies, 1 review
The Riddlemaster 15 copies
Light Unlocked: Christmas Card Poems (Editor) 15 copies
Northern Lights: Legends, Sagas and Folk Tales 14 copies
The New Exeter Book of Riddles 14 copies, 1 review
The Tale of Taliesin 13 copies, 1 review
Heartsong 12 copies
Running to Paradise (Selection) 11 copies
Thor and the Master of Magic 10 copies
King Horn 9 copies
The Arthur trilogy: The Seeing Stone, At the Crossing Places, King of the… 9 copies
Short Too! 9 copies
The Hidden Roads 9 copies
Enchantment: Fairy Tales, Ghost Stories and Tales of Wonder 9 copies
The Quest for Olwen 9 copies
Sea Tongue (Read & Listen) 7 copies
New and Selected Poems 1965-1990 7 copies
Fear and Trembling (Introduction, some editions) 7 copies
Beowulf. Translated by Kevin Crossley-Holland. Introduction by Bruce… 7 copies
The Stones Remain: Megalithic Sites of Britain (Author) 7 copies
Fire-Brother (Long Ago Children Books) 6 copies
Poems from East Anglia 6 copies
Storm, and other Old English riddles 6 copies
The dream-house: Poems 6 copies
The pedlar of Swaffham 6 copies, 1 review
Sleeping Nanna 6 copies
Stars of Mine (Little Gems) 5 copies
British and Irish Folk Tales (Collections Paperbacks) 5 copies
The Green Children 4 copies
The Dark Horseman and Other British and Irish Folktales (Collections… 4 copies
Selected Poems 4 copies
Why the Fish Laughed and Other Tales 4 copies
The breaking hour 3 copies
The Earth-Father 3 copies
The Wildman 3 copies
Tales from Europe 3 copies
Winter's Tales 14 3 copies
Le Cavalier Tempête 2 copies
Digitaal fantasy tekenen alles wat je nodig hebt om een digitale… 2 copies
Arthur - grænselandets konge 2 copies
Eleanor's advent 2 copies
Norse Tales: Stories from Across the Rainbow Bridge (Walker Studio) 2 copies
The Mountains of Norfolk 2 copies
The Rain Giver 2 copies
Painting Room (Hutchinson poets) 2 copies
Havelok the Dane 2 copies
The wuffings 2 copies
WINTER'S TALES FOR CHILDREN 3 Illustrated by Gareth Floyd 2 copies
Beowulf; the Battle of Maldon and other old English poems [cassette] 2 copies
Pieces of land: journeys to eight islands 2 copies
The Labours of Herakles 2 copies
Wulf 2 copies
Long Tom and the Dead Hand 2 copies
Encantamento (Em Portuguese do Brasil) 1 copy
The world of King Arthur and his court : : people, places, legend, and… 1 copy
Miturile Nordului. Poveştile lui Odin, Thor şi Loki 1 copy
SEAHENGE: A JOURNEY 1 copy
Winter's Tales For Children 3 1 copy
Anglo-Saxon Elegies 1 copy
Noorse sagen voorbij de regenboogbrug 1 copy
The Wanderer 1 copy
Journey to the Heart (Oracle) 1 copy
Ghosts And Goblins (Magic Lands, Book 1) 1 copy
Different, -but oh how like! (Society for Storytelling oracle series) 1 copy
Waterslain and other poems 1 copy
My son (Turret booklet no. 7) 1 copy, 1 review
Norfolk poems 1 copy
The Seafarer 1 copy
Moored Man 1 copy
Contos arrepiantes 1 copy
Contos Arrepiadores: muitos arrepios em Histórias Humorísticas para… 1 copy
Selected British Folk Tales 1 copy
The Penguin Book of Norse Myths: Gods of the Vikings by Kevin… 1 copy
The Callow Pit Coffer 1 copy
The Animals Grimm: A Treasury of Tales 1 copy
La bataille de Thor et autres légendes vikings 1 copy
The King of Middle March 1 copy
Sea Stranger, Fire Brother and Earth Father 1 copy
Cuentos populares británicos 1 copy
Arthur, v.3 Un crois©♭ ©· Venise 1 copy
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Also by Kevin Crossley-Holland
Beowulf (Translator, some editions) 20,067 copies, 282 reviews
The Once and Future King (Introduction, some editions) 12,971 copies, 173 reviews
The Eagle of the Ninth (Introduction, some editions) 2,458 copies, 55 reviews
Beowulf and The fight at Finnsburg (Translator, some editions) 518 copies, 2 reviews
Tales from the Mabinogion (some editions) 116 copies, 2 reviews
Folk Tales of Britain: Legends (Introduction) 78 copies
The Oxford Book of Scary Tales (Contributor) 29 copies
Spooky Stories for a Dark and Stormy Night (Contributor) 27 copies, 1 review
To Break the Silence (Contributor) 9 copies
The Alliterative Morte Arthure: A Reassessment of the Poem (Arthurian… (Contributor) 6 copies
YOUNG WINTER'S TALES 4. (Contributor) 2 copies
Archipelago: Number Twelve (Summer 2019) (Contributor) 1 copy
Young Winter's Tales 1 (Contributor) 1 copy
Young Winter's Tales 3 (Contributor) 1 copy
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Crossley-Holland, Kevin John William
Other names
Crossley Holland, Kevin
Date of birth
1941-02-07
Date of death
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Gender
male
Nationality
England
UK
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Birthplace
Mursley, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
Place of death
Cause of death
Places of residence
Mursley, England, UK
Whiteleaf, England, UK
North Norfolk, England, UK
Education
Oxford University (St Edmund Hall)
Occupations
translator
children's book author
poet
Relationships
Crossley-Holland, Nicole (stepmother)
Organizations
Awards and honors
Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (2001)
Tir na n-Og Award (2001)
Smarties Prize Bronze Medal (2000)
Carnegie Medal (1985)
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