Arabel and Mortimer Stories

Arabel and her notorious raven Mortimer make a welcome return to the Puffin nest! When Arabel's father, Ebenezer Jones, drives his taxi home late one night he comes across 'a large black bird, with a hairy fringe around its beak.' He takes it home and from that moment on, life is never the same again for the Jones family. Arabel's raven is called Mortimer - and he's one in a million. 'Nevermore!' he cries when astonished or upset, 'Down the hatch' he thinks before gobbling bowler hats, stairs, telephones. He dislikes flying except in emergencies, and with disaster-prone Mortimer around there are plenty of those. There are six hilarious stories in this classic collection by the much-loved storyteller Joan Aiken and renowned illustrator Quentin Blake. Including: ARABEL'S RAVEN; THE ESCAPED BLACK MAMBA; THE BREAD BIN; MORTIMER'S TIE; MORTIMER AND THE SWORD EXCALILBUR and THE SPIRAL STAIR.

Product details

• Authors: Joan Aiken, Jane Aiken Hodge
• Assisted by: Quentin Blake (Illustration)
• Publisher: Puffin UK
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 5 to 10
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 30.06.2019
• EAN: 9780241386576
• ISBN: 978-0-241-38657-6
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 24 mm
• Series: A Puffin Book; A Puffin Book
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; JUVENILE FICTION / Humorous Stories, Animal stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Humorous stories (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage fiction: Humorous stories, Interest age: from c 5 years