The Kingdom of Carbonel

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More magical adventures with Carbonel, the King of Cats When night falls Cat Country comes to life. Carbonel, the King of Cats, and Queen Blandamour have long reigned supreme, but the wicked grey Persian cat Grisana and her cronies have plans to take the throne. Carbonel turns to his young friends Rosemary and John for help and together with some magic spells, they battle for the future of Cat Country - but only the strongest magic will prevail.

Author Bio

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.