Mortimer & the Sword Excalibur(Pb) (Arabel) - Softcover

BBC

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0563360348 ISBN 13: 9780563360346

Publisher: BBC Children's Books, 2004

Synopsis

This is the fifth title to be published by Barn Owl about Arabel and her beloved but impossible raven, Mortimer. An enormous hole is being dug in the park and rumour has it that King Arthur's round table is buried there. None of this interests Mortimer however; his fancy has been taken by the giant grass-cutting machine, the LawnSabre. Mortimer finally gets to work the machine but with disastrous consequences for the round table and the sword Excalibur! Another funny and outrageous story about Arabel and Mortimer from Joan Aiken and Quentin Blake.

About this title

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: BBC Children's Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0563360348
• ISBN 13: 9780563360346
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64