The Kingdom of Carbonel

by Barbara Sleigh

Book Overview

Night falls and Cat Country comes to life: town walls turn into roads, roof and treetop become mountain and field. The black cat Carbonel and his consort, Queen Blandamour, have long reigned over this... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590173155
• ISBN13: 9781590173152
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: New York Review of Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Golden Memories

I, too, found this book as a child and was absolutely captivated, so much so that I got a friend to track down the original (Carbonel) and buy me a copy from England. Carbonel is now available in the US, and I very much hope the same publisher publishes Kingdom of Carbonel as well. There is such magic and delight in the book and images that have stayed with me all my life, particularly the talking kittens and the flying rocking chair. One of the other reviewers mentioned Harry Potter. There is a great deal of similarity of mood between the Carbonel books and Harry Potter. One can easily imagine Rosemary Brown as a muggle caught up in the same magical world Harry is from. (She even has neighbors named Mr. and Mrs. Tonks.)

Bring back Carbonel!!!

I read and re-read these books as a child and I hope to read them with my children! They are lovely and truly magical. They capture the attention and imagination as few other books and series can. They are classics. A wise editor would do well to bring back these delightful tales, especially at a time when interest in all things magic seems to have hit a peak.

Carbonel, King of Cats

I sat in our old town library as a 10 year old and could not put these books down (I'm now 46 and an elementary teacher). I remember that the story revolved around a girl who found a magic broom and then could talk to Carbonel, hence learning all about the magical kingdom of cats that other people knew nothing about. Finding the broom and getting to know Carbonel opened up a whole new, magical world that kept me enthralled. The only books I have ever read since then that have kept my attention in that same sort of way are the Harry Potter Books. I have spent years looking for the Carbonel books and now thanks to computers I have been able to find them. I hope that someone will let a publisher know and that these really great stories will be reprinted and shared with other young people. There is something truely magical about them and I have thought about Carbonel many times throughout my life.

Kingdom of Carbonel

When I was a child I found a book called Carbonel the King of Cats and fell in love. The sequel Kingdom of Carbonel takes place after Carbonel became the King, got married and had children. The escapades of Rosemary to find the lost kittens was wonderful. Editors!! This book is worth reprinting!!! In fact the whole series is worth reprinting!