Arabel and Mortimer Stories
Book formats
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Paperback No offers
Book short specifications
- Author
- Joan Aiken
- Pages
- 368
- Publisher
- Puffin
- Series
- A Puffin Book
- Language
- english
- Release date
- June 6, 2019
- Illustrator
- Quentin Blake
- ISBN
- 978-0-241-38657-6
- GTIN
- 9780241386576
- Weight, g
- 255
- Publisher's website
- penguin.co.uk
About
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.