Mediaeval Christmas Fair in Siegburg As I've got older and find more and more books I want to read, I've always reserved some space on my Book Pile (tottering as it is!) for new children's literature. In my last job there was a superb library with an exemplary librarian, blessed with a generous budget, so there was always an exciting shelf on the library counter with New Books displayed on it. That's how I came to discover the joys of Kevin Crossley-Holland's marvellous Arthur trilogy, starting with The Seeing Stone, later followed by Gatty's Tale. These are the sort of books you treasure, that will never be in the de-cluttering bag, though from time to time I do spot them in the charity shops. When I do I snap them up, ready for giving to young people I come across who love reading. And, because I want to support the author and help keep him in bread and butter, I also buy new copies from time to time for birthday and Christmas presents.
If you haven't read them yet, I do heartily recommend them, for "children of all ages", as it used to say in the Puffin books! And for those poets and poetry-lovers among you, he also writes beautiful poetry.
http://www.kevincrossley-holland.com
If you haven't read them yet, I do heartily recommend them, for "children of all ages", as it used to say in the Puffin books! And for those poets and poetry-lovers among you, he also writes beautiful poetry.
http://www.kevincrossley-holland.com
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