YAEL AND THE QUEEN OF GOATS by BANAI, MARGALIT - 1968

Funk and Wagnells, 1968. Hardcover . Good. 63 pp. Illustrations by Friedel. Translated from the Hebrew. Ex library with pocket

Sabra. Good/Good. 1968. Hard Cover. Ex Library (A522) .

Residual from pocket removal, FLEP, else content appears as unread and unblemished with orange, cloth covered boards displaying no significant surface/edge wear. FLEP displays a crease on it.From Publishers Weekly: Although not up to Mahy's usual standards, this story still qualifies as a romp. A young queen wishes for a pet, but is overruled by her housekeeper and the butler: too messy. An invitation to a pet show proves irresistible, however, and when the queen liberates the gardener's goat, Carmen, the fun begins. Carmen drags the diminutive monarch across the countryside, charging through clotheslines at hurricane speed, trampling flowers right and left, spearing tambourines belonging to a pair of dancers. Of course the two of them end up at the pet show, where Carmen, resplendent in her purloined regalia, wins the prize for best-dressed pet. These are exactly the sort of madcap monkeyshines that lend themselves to Clark's frothy watercolors and the wide-eyed… Read More

Congregation Stamp & Pocket intact, FPD, else content appears as unread and unblemished with orange, cloth covered boards displaying no significant surface/edge wear. FLEP displays a crease on it.From Publishers Weekly: Although not up to Mahy's usual standards, this story still qualifies as a romp. A young queen wishes for a pet, but is overruled by her housekeeper and the butler: too messy. An invitation to a pet show proves irresistible, however, and when the queen liberates the gardener's goat, Carmen, the fun begins. Carmen drags the diminutive monarch across the countryside, charging through clotheslines at hurricane speed, trampling flowers right and left, spearing tambourines belonging to a pair of dancers. Of course the two of them end up at the pet show, where Carmen, resplendent in her purloined regalia, wins the prize for best-dressed pet. These are exactly the sort of madcap monkeyshines that lend themselves to Clark's frothy watercolors and the wide-eyed… Read More