Orlando the Marmalade Cat: A Camping Holiday

In cleaning out the family home for sale, I found my well-worn -Orlando Buys a Farm. The writing was even better than I remembered as a child, and the illustrations so full of detail of cats being cats while living in post WW I England. I will get all of these reprints. My husband thoroughly enjoys the 2 books which I have now. He did not have Orlando as a child...a lot of deprivation.

I loved the story and sent it to my granddaughter

Great illustration!

Loved this book. Orlando is an amazing cat but this is the story, as all Orlando books are, of a beautiful family!

Thanks excellent book

I was disappointed in the book. I bought it for a friend who collects children's books. She has a copy of another Orlando book which is of much higher quality. The illustrations in this edition resemble the ones I recall from the old Scholastics books, cheap editions of children's picture books. They are also like the free books distributed at my children's schools back in the '80s and 90's through the Reading is Fundamental program.

Today's children find it a little cute, but a bit outdated. Probably best for pre-K. My granddaughters were a little beyond that when I found the book. Historically, it is fun.

73 yr old dads original book in tatters after 3 kids, 3 grand kids and 1 1/2 great grands so I ordered this newer used version. Even though cover slightly torn and pages worn at edges it was perfect to him. Thanks so much!!

This looks ideal for my almost 3 year-old grandson to take and read while camping this Christmas in Queensland.

ずっと探していたのですが日本語版が絶版だったため洋書版を求めました。色合い、本の風合い、状態　ともに届いた瞬間、嬉しいという気持ちをもつことができたので。※先日、復刊された日本語版とは絵のタッチ等は異なります。オーランドーが猫の家族の大黒柱らしさがあって他の猫絵本とは異なる点もこの絵本の魅力かと思います。

'Orlando the Marmelade Cat - A Camping Holiday' remains one of the most visually rewarding of the Orlando books with amazingly innovative illustrations and fantastic attention to detail. A strong wildlife theme runs through most of the pictures (with newts, tadpoles and frogs infesting the margins) and there are beautiful period touches. The overall effect is to summon up an arcadian English countryside which has long disappeared and remains much mourned.'Camping Holiday' was published in 1938, the first of the Orlando series, and thankfully concentrates on the graphics rather than the text. The turgid storylines and leaden writing that often let down later books in the series (although I guess it's a matter of taste) are completely absent from 'Camping Holiday' and the narrative is short and fast with a series of minor adventures that even a three year old will find absorbing.'Camping Holiday' was not the author's favourite - this honour was reserved for 'Orlando buys a dog' which is more sophisticated in it's visual representations (and heavier on the text). But it remains a personal favourite of mine - partly because of a love of the subject matter (wildlife, tents, orange cats) but mostly because of the sumptuous pictures which have an innocent timeless quality about them which moves toddlers as well as adults. There's even a fantastic map - ideal for training future hikers in the art of map reading!

One of the first books I remember reading at school! I moved on to 'Kidnapped', 'Treasure Island', HG Welles, Tolkien, and Jules Verne... but I always remembered the 'Orlando' books. If you like cats, you will love these tales and the great artwork that features in the books.The book I received was in mint condition, a reprint, and taller and wider than I recall the school versions being. all the better to enjoy the artwork on those large pages! I'll read it again, and then pass it on to my grandson (he was born August 2012). I'm certain I'll be buying others in the series too... but the cheaper reprints. I've heard that some original prints sell for over £150!

ネコの家族がキャンプに行くお話です。なぜか日本語版の絵が洋書版と異なります。好みもあるかもしれませんが、絵は洋書版がキレイです。