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Barbara Sleigh

5 stars across 4 books

Barbara Sleigh was born in 1906 in Warwickshire. She took an art teacher's training course, and later 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. There she met and married David Davis, who later became Head of Children's Hour. Her first children's book, Carbonel, which was to become the first of a trilogy, was published in 1955 and has remained a firm favourite with younger readers.

Carbonel

25th August 2005

Carbonel

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Mystery at Witchend: Lone Pine Radio Script

16th June 2008

Mystery at Witchend: Lone Pine Radio Script

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The Kingdom of Carbonel

6th September 2018

The Kingdom of Carbonel

'A delightful story for those who like impossible things to happen in a humdrum world...The children are lively, the gro... MoreThe Kingdom of Carbonel

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Carbonel

by Toppa

Long before Harry Potter, the Carbonel series captured that same British magical whimsy. Carbonel and its sequel were among my favorite books at the l...
Carbonel

by ILF

Carbonel was a really lovely, olden days, heart warming book. Nothing particularly bad happens in it, so it is a really nice read for those rai...
Carbonel

by Amieneve0303

I found this book very interesting to read especially the part where when the spell was broken Carbonel would return his kingdom. The way it is writte...

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