The Kingdom of Carbonel - Softcover

Sleigh, Barbara

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140304940 ISBN 13: 9780140304947

Publisher: Puffin, 1973

Synopsis

Carbonel, king of the cats, needs help, so John and Rosemary are called up to guard his two royal kittens and protect his kingdom while he is answering the summons of the great cat.

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Review:

"A delightful story for those who like impossible things to happen in a humdrum world...The children are lively, the grown-ups (including the witch) colorful and the mingling of magic and reality is most effective." -The New York Times

"The Carbonel books are excellent, imbued with wonder, dry humor, and practicality in equal measure, as well as a clear-eyed and sometimes sardonic love of cats... The moment when Cat Country first made itself known in The Kingdom of Carbonel gave me a flash of wonder, of entering into a larger world. Books that do this are to be cherished." --Pamela Dean, author of The Secret Country

"The magic is potent in The Kingdom of Carbonel...As told in Barbara Sleigh's graceful, humorous manner it seems only right and natural that those two English children, Rosemary and John, should again meet Mrs. Cantrip, that retired witch who still can't resist dabbling in mischief and that hey should champion their old friend the black cat whose kingdom is threatened and whose wife and kittens are in grave danger. The children have some very worthwhile experiences including trips in an airborne rocking chair (very bumpy), an accident with an invisibility spell and the challenge of Mrs. Cantrip's Minuscule Magic powder." -The New York Times

About the Author:

Barbara Sleigh was born in 1906 in Warwickshire. She took an art teacher's training course, and later began to write stories for children for radio. She was a lecturer at Goldsmiths' Teacher Training College, then in 1933 joined the staff of BBC Children's Hour. There she met and married David Davis, who later became Head of Children's Hour. Her first children's book, Carbonel, which was to become the first of a trilogy, was published in 1955 and has remained a firm favourite with younger readers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Puffin
• Publication date: 1973
• ISBN 10: 0140304940
• ISBN 13: 9780140304947
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240