Orlando the Marmalade Cat: A Camping Holiday (Orlando the Marmalade Cat)

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Summary: Orlando, the Marmalade Cat, A Trip Abroad, by Kathleen Hale
Review: I enjoyed a childhood rich in literature and have attempted to give my boys the same. If I were to rate one book from my earliest childhood as that which I recall most fondly, it would have to be Orlando, A Trip Abroad (1949). When I found this book in my late mother's belongings, I brought it home and it became an immediate favorite of my sons'. My younger son (age 7) and I were delighted to find republications of this exquisitely illustrated series by Kathleen Hale while in London this summer. The art, alone, makes the books worth purchasing and the stories are humorously charming in a manner that captures and holds the attention of even a not so young boy.

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Summary: family favorite
Review: This book is fabulous. We have read it over and over and never tire of it. The story is wonderful and the illustrations are fabulous. We first read Orlando when the boys were 3 and 6, and 3 years later they still love it!

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Summary: Timeless Classic -- instant hit with my 3 kids, ages 4, 4, 6
Review: We do quite a bit of library and bookstore browsing and I hadn't run into this collection ofbooks previously. As former owners of a much loved and now departed marmalade cat, we were particularly taken with the main character. The artwork is vivid and and story is rambling; about the commonplace events of the cat family -- told in a style similar to the 'Babar' collection. My girls who are aged 4, 4, and 6 loved this book.