Mortimer, Arabel and the Escaped Black Mamba (Arabel and Mortimer) - Softcover

Aiken, Joan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1903015243 ISBN 13: 9781903015247

Publisher: Barn Owl Books, London, 2002

Synopsis

A black mamba has escaped from the zoo and Arabel and Mortimer are missing.

About this title

Review:

"Quentin Blake's signature style is absolutely spot-on for these stories, and the new covers bring the books right up-to-date for today's readers. Gentle, humorous and thoroughly enjoyable; perfect for children to follow the whole series."

(Parents in Touch)

Listed in Children's Buyer's Guide 'Fiction 5-7 Years Paperback' category - 'Funny and outrageous stories about Arabel and Mortimer from Joan Aiken and Quentin Blake'

(The Bookseller)

About the Author:

Joan Aiken, the daughter of the American poet and writer Conrad Aiken and Jessie Macdonald Aiken (also an author), was an immensely popular and prolific author who wrote almost a hundred novels for adults and children. The creator of the stories about Arabel and her pet raven Mortimer, which have been televised on the BBC, she wrote wonderful, quirky novels, full of humour and the unexpected, about alternative realities. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase won the 1965 Lewis Carroll Shelf Award and was made into a film. Joan Aiken died in 2004.

About this edition

• Publisher: Barn Owl Books, London
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1903015243
• ISBN 13: 9781903015247
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80
• Illustrator: Blake Quentin