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Mortimer Stories: Arabel's Raven / The Spiral Stair / Mortimer and the Sword Excalibur / Mortimer's Bread Bin / Arabel, Mortimer and the Escaped Black Mamba
Mortimer Stories Arabel's Raven / The Spiral Stair / Mortimer and the Sword Excalibur / Mortimer's Bread Bin / Arabel Mortimer and the Escaped Black Mamba Author:Joan Aiken, Quentin Blake (Illustrator) Presents previously published works about a pet raven named Mortimer, who talks, eats everything in sight, and causes all sorts of trouble. — ARABEL'S RAVEN (Arabel and Mortimer, Bk 1) — Young Arabel's life is changed forever when her father, a taxi driver, brings home an injured bird he finds in the street. This wacky rav... more »en eats everything in sight, answers the telephone by squawking "Nevermore!" and causes chaos wherever he goes -- but Arabel loves her new feathered friend, whom she names Mortimer.
ARABEL, MORTIMER AND THE ESCAPED BLACK MAMBA (Arabel and Mortimer, Bk 2)
When the Joneses decide to go to a ball, Arabel and her raven Mortimer are left with babysitter Chris Cross. All is well until Mortimer spills the last drop of milk in the house. They go off in search of a carton of milk, but their shopping trip sparks all kinds of crazy rumours in Rumbury town.
MORTIMER'S BREAD BIN (Arabel and Mortimer, Bk 3)
Mortimer the Raven is causing yet more chaos and mayhem in Rumbury town. Things get even worse when Arabel takes Mortimer roller-skating with her three nasty cousins Cindy, Mindy, and Lindy. But when Arabel becomes ill and is taken to the hospital it is Mortimer who saves her.
MORTIMER AND THE SWORD EXCALIBUR (Arabel and Mortimer, Bk 5)
Arabel wants a skateboard, Mortimer wants to help mow the grass in their local park, and when they go there to play, the lucky pair discover something even more exciting.
THE SPIRAL STAIR (Arabel and Mortimer, Bk 6)
Mortimer and Arabel visit the zoo and foil a plot by thieves who plan to steal the giraffes.« less