Arabel and her notorious raven Mortimer make a welcome return to Puffin Books!

When Arabel''s father, Ebenezer Jones, drives his taxi home late one night he comes across a large black bird, with a hairy fringe around its beak. He takes it home and from that moment on, life is never the same again for the Jones family. Arabel''s raven is called Mortimer - and he''s one in a million. ''Nevermore!'' he cries when astonished or upset, ''Down the hatch'' he thinks before gobbling bowler hats, stairs, telephones. He dislikes flying except in emergencies, and with disaster-prone Mortimer around there are plenty of those.

There are six hilarious escapades in this collection, brought to life by Quentin Blake''s wonderfully animated illustrations.