Arabel and Mortimer Stories by Joan Aiken

Arabel and her notorious raven Mortimer make a welcome return to the Puffin nest When Arabels father Ebenezer Jones drives his taxi home late one night he comes across a large black bird with a hairy fringe around its beak. He takes it home and from that moment on life is never the same again for the Jones family. Arabels raven is called Mortimer and hes one in a million. Nevermore he cries when astonished or upset Down the hatch he thinks before gobbling bowler hats stairs telephones. He disl Paperback softback