Carbonel: The King of the Cats
First US edition | |
| Author | Barbara Sleigh |
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| Language | English |
| Series | Carbonel series |
| Genre | Children's novel |
| Publisher | Max Parrish (UK) Bobbs-Merrill (US) |
Publication date | 1955 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Followed by | The Kingdom of Carbonel |
Carbonel: the King of the Cats is a children's book by Barbara Sleigh published in 1955 by Max Parrish in England and Bobbs-Merrill in the US. It is based on a folk tale from the British Isles "The King of the Cats" has two sequels, The Kingdom of Carbonel (Puffin, 1961) and Carbonel and Calidor: Being the Further Adventures of a Royal Cat (Kestrel Books, 1978), making up the Carbonel series. The first edition of Carbonel was illustrated by V. H. Drummond, and of Kingdom by D. M. Leonard.