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David and the Phoenix, annotated with study guide questions
The classic children's adventure in a freshly edited, introduced, and annotated edition.
“How do you tell a true Unicorn from a false one?”
“I—I don’t know.”
“I thought not. Where do you find the Philosopher’s Stone?”
“I don’t know.”
“Well, then, I shall ask a simple one. What is the first rule of defense when attacked by a Chimera?”
David squirmed uncomfortably. “I’m afraid I don’t know that, either,” he said in a small voice.
“There you are!” cried the Phoenix. “You do not have a true, practical education—you are not ready for Life. I, my boy, am going to take your education in hand.”
Edition also available in Latin text as David et Phoenix.
“How do you tell a true Unicorn from a false one?”
“I—I don’t know.”
“I thought not. Where do you find the Philosopher’s Stone?”
“I don’t know.”
“Well, then, I shall ask a simple one. What is the first rule of defense when attacked by a Chimera?”
David squirmed uncomfortably. “I’m afraid I don’t know that, either,” he said in a small voice.
“There you are!” cried the Phoenix. “You do not have a true, practical education—you are not ready for Life. I, my boy, am going to take your education in hand.”
Edition also available in Latin text as David et Phoenix.
151 pages, Paperback
Published December 3, 2024
About the author
Edward Ormondroyd
22 books19 followersEdward Ormondroyd grew up in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, and Ann Arbor, Michigan. During WWII he served onboard a destroyer escort, participating in the invasions of Okinawa and Iwo Jima.
After the war he attended the University of California at Berkeley, where he received a bachelor's degree in English. Later he went back for a master's degree in library science.
He lived in Berkeley for 25 years, working at various jobs while he wrote children's books. He and his wife Joan moved to upstate New York in 1970. They live in the country near Ithaca, in a house designed and partly built by Edward. Their seven children are all grown and independent. They have two grandsons and a granddaughter. Edward's interests include studying piano, gardening, books, birds, flowers (wild and tame), and listening to classical music.
After the war he attended the University of California at Berkeley, where he received a bachelor's degree in English. Later he went back for a master's degree in library science.
He lived in Berkeley for 25 years, working at various jobs while he wrote children's books. He and his wife Joan moved to upstate New York in 1970. They live in the country near Ithaca, in a house designed and partly built by Edward. Their seven children are all grown and independent. They have two grandsons and a granddaughter. Edward's interests include studying piano, gardening, books, birds, flowers (wild and tame), and listening to classical music.
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