Tinker's Castle Author:Mantle, Winifred The marvelous combination of humor and suspense that made Winifred Mantle's The Hiding Place one of the NYTimes 100 Outstanding Books for Young Readers will further delight children in Tinker's Castle. — Left to stay at Tinker's Castle Lodge while their parents are on a holiday, Norman Lester and Julia Westcott of The hiding Place soon meet twelv... more »e-year-old Philip Ridley, his monkey, Simeon, and his ferocious young Uncle Patrick. Norman and Julia decide to help Philip's desperate search for a missing ancestral goblet which his unscrupulous uncle hopes to steal, and their highly imaginative cooperation leads to some unusual (and often hilarious) derring-do.
With lively illustrations by Kurt Werth, this delightful mystery again proves Miss Mantle's exceptional ability to keep her audience constantly amused and intrigued.« less