Gathered in one deluxe yet affordable volume are three best-selling books from an acknowledged master of comic fantasy, Eva Ibbotson. Whether searching for a lost prince, having a contest for the wickedest witch, or caring for an oceanful of fantastic creatures, Eva Ibbotson's characters are sure to enchant. Now fans can immerse themselves in her world, a place of endless amusement and adventure.
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Magic and mermaids, fierce old aunts and tenderly wicked witches, krakens and spoiled brats and adorable baby mistmakers. Eva Ibbotson is at her finest when writing about mystical places and fantastic creatures. Her legions of fans will be thrilled to see not one, not two, but three fabulous titles from this master of droll fantasies collected in one thoroughly satisfying volume.
A powerful wizard seeks a wife from among the local witches in Which Witch?. Dismayed at the prospect of warts and whiskers, yet still grimly determined, he holds a contest to establish the very wickedest witch--with surprising results. In The Secret of Platform 13, a long-awaited baby prince is kidnapped from his secret island home. Nine long years later, the king and queen select several of the rather peculiar islanders to rescue the boy from London, where, unfortunately, he seems to have grown into quite an unpleasant child. And last but not least, The Island of the Aunts involves still more kidnapping. This time, three kindly but somewhat ferociously single-minded aunts decide they need a few children to help them care for the mythical animals that have found a safe haven on their island. Devotees of Roald Dahl and J.K. Rowling, take note! Eva Ibbotson is well worth more than a peek. (Ages 8 to 12) --Emilie Coulter
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Fun but heavy on the bigotry,
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This review is from: An Eva Ibbotson Collection: Which Witch?, The Secret of Platform 13, Island of the Aunts (Hardcover)
On one hand this is a fun, fast moving, and engaging kids book that's got a dark and twisted sense of fun. However, and perhaps this is a left-over from it being written in the seventies, but there are unnerving moments of bigotry peppered through it. Characters insult each other by calling each other "faggot" in a derogatory sense, and there are occasional racial jokes like all "Chinamen look alike". A parent reading it to their kids can easily censor or discuss this with their kid, but depending on the circumstances the casual bigotry in the book might be enough to cause one to choose a different story. Be warned.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very creative!!!,
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This review is from: An Eva Ibbotson Collection: Which Witch?, The Secret of Platform 13, Island of the Aunts (Hardcover)
This book was really good! I was waiting for the next Harry Potter book to come out when I saw this book. I was really glad I got it. It wasn't just filler. I really liked the way Eva Ibbotson made a whole different world, but it still felt like that world might actually be there. In Island of the Aunts, she shows how important it is to conserve nature and it's wonders. She was able to give that message without being depressing, like other books sometimes are.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Amazingly hilarious!,
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This review is from: An Eva Ibbotson Collection: Which Witch?, The Secret of Platform 13, Island of the Aunts (Hardcover)
Once you pass by these kinds of books, you might think to yourself that you would never try to read them until you had absolutely nothing left to do. That was the same for me. I sat one day staring at my shelf of books, and decided that I would read it, but if I thought the first page would be pure torture, I would just drop it. Five minutes later, I sat with my eyes glued to the book, laughing at paragraphs with clusters of witty humor. It seemed like I was tumbling through a dimension where common sense hailed magic, and where good always taught a lesson to evil. Don't worry; you'll see Eva Ibbotson's stories unfold right before your own eyes once you experience this book.
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AS SOON AS he was born, Mr. and Mrs. Canker knew that their baby was not like other people's children. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
little kraken, kraken swam, sky yelpers, baby kraken, great kraken, witch number, plashing sound, seven princesses, new witch, secret cove, double bass player, mad aunts, east lawn, other witches, new wizard, cello case, bottomless hole Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Aunt Etta, Mother Bloodwort, Madame Olympia, Sir Simon, Aunt Coral, Ethel Feedbag, Mabel Wrack, Aunt Myrtle, Raymond Trottle, Nanny Brown, Middle Head, Stanley Sprott, Wizard Watcher, Left Head, Trottle Towers, Nancy Shouter, Arriman the Awful, Old Ursula, Right Head, King's Cross Station, Professor Danby, Greymarsh Towers, Henry Prendergast, Odge Gribble, Miss Witherspoon New!
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AS SOON AS he was born, Mr. and Mrs. Canker knew that their baby was not like other people's children. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
little kraken, kraken swam, sky yelpers, baby kraken, great kraken, witch number, plashing sound, seven princesses, new witch, secret cove, double bass player, mad aunts, east lawn, other witches, new wizard, cello case, bottomless hole Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Aunt Etta, Mother Bloodwort, Madame Olympia, Sir Simon, Aunt Coral, Ethel Feedbag, Mabel Wrack, Aunt Myrtle, Raymond Trottle, Nanny Brown, Middle Head, Stanley Sprott, Wizard Watcher, Left Head, Trottle Towers, Nancy Shouter, Arriman the Awful, Old Ursula, Right Head, King's Cross Station, Professor Danby, Greymarsh Towers, Henry Prendergast, Odge Gribble, Miss Witherspoon New!
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Front Cover | Front Flap | First Pages | Back Flap | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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