That comes as a relief to Aunt Polly — she could not persuade her husband to leave Craggy-Tops previously, but now they will be able to move to a smaller house where she will have an easier life. The fact it doesn’t have electricity or running water makes it seem all the more archaic, even more so than it would have been in the 1940s.

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But when Micky, Philip's new monkey, breaks his birthday present, all the children are plunged into an exciting quest to find the lost treasure of the Andra with some ruthless villains hot on their trail. Recommended for those aged relatives who remember what it was like to be a child in a gentler world than the one we currently have. a path under the sea-bed itself - there are no end to the adventures that the four children have, Then there is Kiki, the parrot, whose ridiculous chatter delights the children and who shares in their amazing adventures. Brief Summary by Courtenay Rule: Philip and Dinah Mannering and their new friends Jack and Lucy-Ann Trent — along with Jack's irrepressible talking parrot, Kiki — are spending their summer holiday at Craggy-Tops, an ancient, half-ruined house by the sea.

Bill reveals his true identity and is pressed into service leading a rescue mission which becomes even more dangerous than it sounds, thanks to the ruthlessness of Jo-Jo and his cronies.

Temperamental as she is, she often finds herself the target of her brother's teasing, but otherwise she is quite level-headed, intelligent and grown-up for her age. All the way through the book the reader is led to believe that the old copper mines on the island, long closed, are being secretly mined once more. There’s then a bit of a silly scene where Kiki flies into Jocelyn’s room and Jack goes to ask if he’s seen her. It was directed by Anthony Squire and stars Norman Bowler as Bill, Wilfrid Brambell as Uncle Jocelyn and Eleanor Summerfield as Aunt Polly.

I was jumping up and down in the hotel bed with excitment and squealing and could not read it fast enough! Jack and Lucy-Ann turn up a minute later, also looking about 20, and Jack has been styled to look like a stereotypical anorak. Before long, they are drawn to the mysterious Isle of Gloom in the distance and are determined to find a way to get there and explore it.Jack and Kiki find themselves following the others, who are kidnapped and taken to the strange country of Tauri Hessia; but he finds help with a circus. An amazing voyage around the beautiful Greek islands becomes an exciting quest to find the lost treasure of the Andra! On top of that he is portrayed quite badly – believing in “things” wandering at night, being quite mad as well as slow, lazy, stupid and rolling his eyes a lot.

There are literally thousands of birds there, and Jack swears he caught sight of a Great Auk, thought to be extinct. Registered office address: Unit 34 Vulcan House Business Centre, Vulcan Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 3EF.The stories show the four children off on their own, discovering and solving mysteries without much adult assistance.