Gabi Kim Huesca

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King Alfred and the Ice Coffin by Kevin Crossley-Holland; illus. by Chris RiddellIntermediate, Middle School    Candlewick Studio    88 pp. 11/24    9781536238808    $18.99Quick, lyrical prose, an ear for the music of words, and an affection for Britain’s medieval past characterize much of Crossley-Holland’s work. He brings it all into play in this “wonder-journey” first recorded in Old English by King Alfred in the ninth century.