This Orlando book by Katherine Hale is very oriental in its inspiration, and extremely surreal as a story. The illustrations are rich and ...

It amazes me how etherial and rare these children's books are now, especially as I owned many of them 20 years ago. Anyway here is: ...

  I adored researching this book, I could almost hear Kathleen Hale laughing at the ideas and interpretations that she imagined for 'Hen...

Above: Illustrations from 'Orlando The Marmalade Cat, The Camping Holiday' Kathleen Hale lived to be an amazing 101 years old ! (18...