A Bag Of Moonshine - Paperback

by Alan Garner (Author)

From the author of the Booker Prize-shortlisted Treacle Walker and the Carnegie Medal and Guardian Children's Fiction Prize-winning classic, The Owl Service

Stunning new CollinsVoyager edition of Alan Garner's collection of folklore.

Boggarts and gowks, fools and hobgoblins are only some of the strange and wonderful creatures in A Bag of Moonshine - a veritable treasure trove of stories chosen from the folklore of England and Wales.
There are 22 tales in all, beautifully illustrated in black and whitel by prize-winning illustrator Patrick Lynch.

Back Jacket

Boggarts and gowks, fools and hobgoblins are only some of the strange and wonderful creatures in A Bag of Moonshine - a veritable treasure trove of stories chosen from the folklore of England and Wales.

There are 22 tales in all, beautifully illustrated in black and whitel by prize-winning illustrator Patrick Lynch.

Author Biography

Alan Garner was born in Cheshire, where he still lives today. His first book, The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, was published in 1960. He was awarded the OBE for services to children's literature in the 2001 New Year Honours list