The Golden Cage

by Ivan Jones, Ken Brown (Illustrator)

Abigail lives in a big house with beautiful gardens and she always gets what she wants. But there is one thing that Abigail doesn't have and that is friends. So when she hears the songthrush singing its beautiful song, she wants to catch it and have it for herself.

Paperback

First published April 1, 1994

About the author

Ivan Jones is a British writer of fiction. His work includes novels, picture books, plays, poetry anthologies, television series and many adaptations for BBC Radio.

He was born in Shropshire and educated at Adam's Grammar School in Newport and has a first degree from Birmingham University and a master's degree from the University of Nottingham.

Ivan Jones is married to fellow author, Mal Lewis Jones . His eldest daughter was Lara Jones , the illustrator and writer of the multimillion selling Poppy Cat books. Lara died in March 2010 from malignant melanoma. (Poppy Cat is currently a television series in the UK and America). Ivan and his wife have 2 other successful children, son Levin (a professional violinist and teacher), and daughter, Jessie, (an artist, poet and singer-songwriter).

Ivan's latest work is a novelistic memoir of a 1950’s childhood, set in post-war Britain called ‘Now The War Is Over’.

Reviews

[Aaron Wong · Rating 3 out of 5]

A simple story about having too much cake.