West of Widdershins: A Gallimaufry of Stories Brewed in Her Own Cauldron

by Barbara Sleigh, Victor G. Ambrus (Illustrator)

A collection of nineteen stories, including: The Girl Who Got a Fairy In Her Eye / The Four Golden Guinea-pigs / Miss Peabody / Princess Peridot's Choice / Tilly Ribbands / The Two Hungry Heroes / Simon and the Unicorn / Minching and Munching Mousling / Parradiddle Pete / Great Dynamo and the Wandering Weed / Charlie Brown and the What-not / The Mermaid and the Monster / Mrs Scruby and the Spanish Spider / Sammelkin / Benno and the Secret Code / The Stone People and the Alderman / Jerusha Jane / The Duchess of Houndsditch / Moggie Mewling.

191 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1971

About the author

Barbara Grace de Riemer Sleigh (1906-1982) was an English children's writer and broadcaster. She worked for the BBC Children's Hour and is the author of Carbonel and two sequels: The Kingdom of Carbonel and Carbonel and Calidor.