THE KINGDOM OF CARBONEL
Book ID/图书代码： 12730508B29877
English Summary/英文概要： 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 magical place, where humans are scarce, cats roam freely, and the rivers flow with cream. But the wicked Grisana, a beautiful gray Persian who makes Lady Macbeth look like a lap cat, has plans of her own for Cat Country, and Carbonel and his children, Prince Calidor and Princess Pergamond, are all that stand between her and the throne. With the backing of Carbonel’s old foe, the witch Mrs. Cantrip, and her apprentice, Miss Dibdin, Grisana may be unstoppable. Luckily, Carbonel can count on Rosemary and John, his young friends from Carbonel: The King of the Cats, to come to his aid. Together with the good creatures of Cat Country—and with the help of a few magical spells—the children confront Grisana and her nasty crew. It is a battle for the future of Cat Country and only the strongest magic will prevail.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 当夜幕降临时，猫的王国也随之恢复生机：镇上的围墙变成街道，屋顶和树梢化为高山和平原。黑猫凯博奈和他的伴侣布兰达莫尔女王是这个神奇王国的统辖者，当人们都进入梦乡时，猫咪们便纷纷出来活动，此时，连河流都变成奶油的。但邪恶的格雷斯纳---一只漂亮的灰色波斯猫，正在计划篡夺整个猫咪王国。凯博奈和他的孩子们，卡里多王子和普卡蒙特公主想尽一切办法阻止她的阴谋。但此刻，凯博奈的旧敌，女巫坎垂普以及她的学徒狄丁也加入进来，格雷斯纳渐渐变得势不可挡。
但幸运的是，凯博奈可以求助于他的朋友罗斯玛丽和约翰。于是，一场猫咪王国的命运之战即将拉开帷幕，而只有强者才足以登上国王的宝座。(ZH)
Awards/获奖情况："A delightful story for those who like impossible things to happen in a humdrum world...The children are lively, the grown-ups (including the witch) colorful and the mingling of magic and reality is most effective."---The New York Times “The Carbonel books are excellent, imbued with wonder, dry humor, and practicality in equal measure, as well as a clear-eyed and sometimes sardonic love of cats... The moment when Cat Country first made itself known in The Kingdom of Carbonel gave me a flash of wonder, of entering into a larger world. Books that do this are to be cherished.”---Pamela Dean, author of The Secret Country
"The magic is potent in The Kingdom of Carbonel...As told in Barbara Sleigh’s graceful, humorous manner it seems only right and natural that those two English children, Rosemary and John, should again meet Mrs. Cantrip, that retired witch who still can’t resist dabbling in mischief and that hey should champion their old friend the black cat whose kingdom is threatened and whose wife and kittens are in grave danger. The children have some very worthwhile experiences including trips in an airborne rocking chair (very bumpy), an accident with an invisibility spell and the challenge of Mrs. Cantrip’s Miniscule Magic powder."---The New York Times
About the Author/作者介绍： Barbara Sleigh was born in 1906 in Warwickshire. She took an art teacher’s training course, and began to write stories for children for radio. She was a lecturer at Goldsmiths’ Teacher Training College, then in 1933 joined the staff of BBC Children’s Hour.
Three years later she married David Davis, who later became Head of Children’s Hour. The Kingdom of Carbonel, the second book in the Carbonel trilogy, was first published over forty years ago and today it is still one of the most popular fantasies for younger children. Barabara Sleigh died in 1982.
Barbara Sleigh1906年生於英國渥里克郡Warwickshire，在接受過教師訓練課程後，在倫敦大學金史密斯學院Goldsmiths’ Teacher Training College擔任講師，隨後轉至英國國家電視台擔任「孩童時光」節目的製作工作，創作過以多膾炙人口的經典小說，其中以Carbonel三部曲最受人喜愛及注目，該系列自40年前首度出版至今，仍然深受青少年的喜愛。
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