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A Bag of Moonshine [Illustrated] (Paperback)

by Alan Garner (Author), Patrick Lynch (Illustrator)
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  • Paperback: 144 pages
  • Publisher: CollinsVoyager (4 Feb 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0007127901
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007127900
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.6 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 194,626 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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.


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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

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5.0 out of 5 stars Hore than a collection of stories, 13 Aug 2000
This review is from: A Bag of Moonshine (Paperback)
Here is the Voice in the Shadow, as Alan Garner calls it, in all its glory. Most cultures in the Western world have lost the oral process whereby wisdom and teachings are handed down from teacher to pupil through the use of seemingly obtuse and nonsensical tales, which would have to be understood at all levels before the student could be taken to the next stage of teaching. As a method of education it was intensive, sly and invaluable. Being a teacher was, obviously, a great responsibility, and Alan Garner was lucky enough to grow at the knees of a number of people who fulfilled this role within his own community. He was unlucky enough to be the first of the 1944 Education Act generation, whose scholarship took him away from this source. So his books have all, in their own way, attempted to keep these stories alive for the nation, and maybe kick off the process of learning for a new generation. This book is the baldest attempt at retelling the tales he himself learnt as a child. Every nuance, every pause, every exclamation could have been uttered by one of these bucolic figures sitting at the Garner table. It's like stepping into another world.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Hit and Miss Collection of Short Stories, 21 Sep 2009
By Sir Furboy (Aberystwyth, UK) - See all my reviews
This book contains a bunch of short stories. Some of the stories I enjoyed - many I did not. However that criticism should be tempered by noting I am not a huge fan of the short story form - I find them very hit and miss, and for me that summed this book up too.

On the plus side though, and the reason why you might buy this book despite any criticism - Garner writes very well, and he has a big imagination. What is more, by their nature, short stories can be dipped into and read quickly, which could make this an excellent book for stretching and engaging less confident readers.
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