Arabel and Mortimer
Written by Joan Aiken
Narrated by Sneha Mathan
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About this audiobook
Joan Aiken
Joan Aiken was born in Rye, Sussex in 1924, daughter of the American poet Conrad Aiken, and started writing herself at the age of five. Since the 1960s she wrote full time and published over 100 books. Best known for her children’s books such as The Wolves of Willoughby Chase and Midnight is a Place, she also wrote extensively for adults and published many contemporary and historical novels, including sequels to novels by Jane Austen. In 1968 she won the Guardian Children’s book prize for Whispering Mountain, followed by an Edgar Allan Poe award for Night Fall in 1972, and was awarded an MBE for her services to children’s literature in 1999. Joan Aiken died in 2004.
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Arabel Jones and her raven companion, Mortimer, return in this second collection of short stories, following the initial title, Arabel's Raven. In Mortimer's Tie, Mortimer's quest to find a diamond eventually wins the Jones family a free cruise. But will Mortimer's penchant for disaster ruin their vacation? In The Spiral Stair, Mortimer finds himself in a feud with two donut-stealing giraffes when he and Arabel visit a zoo. And in Mortimer and the Sword Excalibur, Mortimer is more interested in trying to drive the lawnmower than in seeing the famed sword, with the expected disastrous results.The fun continues in this second collection of stories, illustrated by Quentin Blake, and perfect for the beginning chapter-book reader. As mentioned in my review of Arabel's Raven, these stories are also published individually in the UK.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Arabel and Mortimer's hilarious adventures continue on a cruise ship, at the zoo, and in the park! This collection contains the stories: Mortimer's Tie, The Spiral Stair, and Mortimer and the Sword Excalibur.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I first discovered Joan Aiken's hilarious tales of the young girl Arabel and her pet raven, Mortimer, in the pages of Cricket Magazine. Thanks to the web I have been able to acquire hardcover copies of the books.Arabel and Mortimer is the second book published, but you can easily read them in any order as they are really a bunch of short stories more than a cohesive narrative. This book includes the following three stories:Mortimer's Tie;The Spiral Stair;Mortimer and the Sword Excalibur