The Amazing Adventures of Curd the Lion (and Us!) in the Land at the Back of Beyond

by Alan Gilliland

When the Great Raven steals their Mother’s precious brooch, the Twins, Henry and Henrietta, are blamed and told that, unless the brooch is returned, their Birthday Party in four days’ time will be cancelled and that their four Animals, Curd the Lion, Pilgrim Crow, Sweeney the Heenie (a hyena), and O’Flattery the Snake, will be given away to the Charity Shop.

176 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 20, 2008

Reviews

[Gavin · Rating 5 out of 5]

The rating is Sean's. I had met the author in the town bookshop in Knutsford when I was over in August this year. He very kindly dedicated the copy I purchased to Sean, who was a little mystified as to why that should be, but was pleased with the book.

We read it last week. There's plenty here to keep the attention and the illustrations are excellent.

Four toy friends set out to retrieve a brooch stolen by a raven and meet with many adventures along the way. If you crossed Alice in Wonderland with a little of Lear's nonsense and threw in some mythology to an adventure yarn, you would have a pretty good idea of this book. I'd recommend it for children's reading from age 7 to about 14.

[Lucy Stockwell · Rating 4 out of 5]

Had an absolute blast reading this book, picked it up whenever I felt like it and it was such a good read. Would recommend it to anyone of any age group. Really enjoyed it!

[Liberty · Rating 1 out of 5]

unreadable
Tries painfully hard to be like Alice in Wonderland.

[Steveo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great, Interesting, Original.