Barbara Else

Crispin Kent helps the children leave the newspaper office but their boat is being searched so they board Captain Darkblood's ex pirate ship and set sail. But an officer on the Excellent Hound insists… Audio

The children are safe back on the Travelling Restaurant and the dragon-eagle makes a mist to let them pass the Terrier. They find that Trump is to marry Lady Gall and the wedding and coronation are… Audio

Jasper and Beatrix find Sibilla but they're caught and taken to Captain Brickle. But Trump is not dead and acts as a decoy. He is captured but the children escape, pretending to be monkeys. Audio

Jasper uses his own magic to see that Sibilla is on The Terrier. The Travelling Restaurant is chased by Lady Gall's arrow ships and drawn to a whirlpool. The dragon eagle helps them to safety via an… Audio

The Travelling Restaurant is pursued by Lady Gall's ship and Dr Rocket heads up the Great South River to safety. Polly tells Jasper and Beatrix, the orphan, the story of how Lady Gall came to power… Audio

The Travelling Restaurant has journalist-spy Crispin Kent on board. He tries to steal Uncle Trump's sketchbook and is let off at Dogjaw. Lady Gall's boat is there in port. Jasper steals on board and… Audio

Captain Darkblood and his pirates board the Travelling Restaurant and Jasper offers them pies and teaches them how to cook them in exchange for freedom. Darkblood has Uncle Trump on his ship. He makes… Audio

Jasper hears Lady Gall give a speech about the true crown and one of the orphans from her boat plays the flute. The Travelling Restaurant covers itself in a fog to avoid pirates. Jasper sees a man on… Audio

The Travelling Restaurant ends up off course after a storm and Jasper learns that the Blue Swan has been wrecked. Ashore at Little Skirmish, Jasper leaves the boat to rescue a chicken and finds… Audio

Uncle Trump insists the family have to leave the city because of Lady Gall but Jasper gets left behind at the wharf and stays the night on an unusual boat. The captain - Dr Rocket - and Polly decide… Audio

Jasper and his parents Lady Helen and Dr Hannibal Ludlow and his baby sister Sibilla have to go to Lady Gall's Grand Palace on his 12th birthday. She is the Provisional Monarch of Fontania and… Audio

In this second of a series of panel discussions recorded in May, Joan Druett, Mary McCallum, and Barbara Else talk with Graham Beattie about how the ocean around New Zealand connects some very… Audio