King Alfred and the Ice Coffin

By:

Kevin Crossley-Holland

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Hardback

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Releases 3 Oct 2024

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This product will be released on 3rd October, 2024

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Step into the Anglo-Saxon world of King Alfred the Great in a lyrical retelling from a Carnegie Medal-winning author and Kate Greenaway Medal-winning former Children's Laureate. Alfred the Great is one of the most iconic rulers in British history and the only one to be known as "Great". Not only did he mount a fierce resistance against Viking invaders, he was also a keen scholar and collector of stories. He welcomed travellers with a tale to his court, which brings in the intrepid sailor Wulfstan. Wulfstan dazzles Alfred's court with a story of shipwrecks, horse-racing and a ruler buried in ice. Kevin Crossley-Holland has translated Wulfstan's thrilling tale from the Anglo-Saxon into a rhythmic prose poem with lavish artwork by Chris Riddell.

Author Biography:

Kevin Crossley-Holland is a well-known poet and prize-winning author for children. His most recent books are Heartsong, with Jane Ray, a new collection of Poems, The Breaking Hour, both published in 2015, The Riddlemaster, published in June 2016, Norse Myths, published by Walker Studio in 2017, and Between Worlds published by Walker in 2018. The Seeing Stone won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award, the Smarties Prize Bronze medal, and the Tir na n-Og Award. His Arthur trilogy has won worldwide critical acclaim, sold well over one million copies, and been translated into twenty-five languages. Children's Laureate 2015 – 2017, Chris is an award-winning illustrator and political cartoonist for The Observer.

Release date NZ

October 3rd, 2024

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