Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2008. F loved it. The cover was different from the one pictured, which was disappointing. Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2020. Anything that’s really funny is always readable. Arabel is so calm and positive. Top subscription boxes – right to your door, © 1996-2020, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. I remember loving this. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. I loved this book. Creative, original.. humorous (lots of British terms and I love that). Out of pity, he took it home because his daughter loved animals and birds. Every page. We will keep the book and try it again in a year or so. Still funny, despite the dated characters and the amazingly bad behavior of Mortimer the Raven. Haha. Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2012. - and so many others). Arabel doesn't blame him because how was he to know they needed them to get to the second floor?). Arabel’s mother’s tendency to get slightly hysterical when overexcited is a perfect complement to the story, as is her great-uncle’s elderly garrulousness: both provide the funny lines that Mortimer, with his two-word vocabulary, can’t supply. I liked the relationship between Mortimer and Arabel. I adored this little book. There are some very classically British words and expressions, but the kids love it and get the idea anyway. Only about 75 pages, but a funny, warm book about the friendship between a raven and a little girl. Compelling, funny, and entertaining for multiple ages. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. It’s a cute story about a girl, her raven, and all the mischief he gets into. Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. When Arabel’s father finds an injured raven in the road, he’s not sure what to do apart from bring him home to his animal-loving daughter Arabel. Humorous read. Read this one out loud to my six year old. Compelling, funny, and entertaining for multiple ages. Fun and pleasantly quirky, but dragged on rather--I was ready for it to end quite a while before it did (though my six-year-old wasn't! Rich with humour, Mortimer might be one of my most favourite creations. Mortimer’s total lack of restraint is best illustrated by his voracious appetite: he thinks nothing of eating anything from a pound of bananas up to an entire set of escalators. I found myself continuously interpreting (biscuits=cookies, lift=elevator) both words and cultural references (tea time, unions, attitudes and manner-expectations), So cute. We loved Aiken’s The Cockatrice Boys so we’ve been checking out her other work. Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2016. Cute premise, lacking in quality storytelling. A hero. We're all into humor and fun books - (Gooseberry Park by Cynthia Rylant, Roald Dahl books, etc. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1977 Vinyl release of Arabel's Raven on Discogs. At this age, I would also recommend A Necklace of Rainbows, Shadows and Moonshine, A Small Pinch of Weather and the Armitage children stories. They tell the story of a young girl called Arabel, and the discovery of what becomes her pet raven, Mortimer. The cover was different from the one pictured, which was disappointing. Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2020. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published Stubborn. Mortimer, who croaks Nevermore at appropriate intervals, eats stairs and traffic lights and the escalator at the tube station. Temperamentally they are opposites, with Arabel being a good child, neat, quiet, obedient, and well-mannered: Mortimer thus represents all the things she feels constrained from doing, as he is selfish, imperious, disobedient, messy, destructive, and generally wild. Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2016. Unreadable. First published in 1972 and definitely a different kind of story. There's not enough whimsy in my life (hard as I try). I’m not sure if it is too dated or the cultural difference cause the humor to be lost in translation.

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