In the grounds of Castlemaine is a peculiar mound, hidden by yew trees. People say it's the grave of Wild Robert.

 Heather finds the mound when she tries to escape the hordes of tourists who invade the stately home where she lives.

 "Wild Robert, I wish you were really under there!" she cries. "You could come out and deal with the tourists!"

 All of a sudden, there is a smell like earth and strange spices. A voice says, "Did somebody call?"

 Heather gets her wish, and nothing is ever the same again!

 Wild Robert is a gentle, charming ghost, who is half a magician [on his mother's side]. He returns after 350 years and is horrified by the antics of the tourists at his once home Castlemaine House. Since he's a ghost who haunts by day, he plays some wonderfully wicked pratical jokes which drive the tourists away.

Wild Robert

Two quirky and hilarious stories from the bestselling Diana Wynne Jones. Two groups of children learn that while you can choose your friends, dealing with your family can make you wish you could choose a different one.

 THE FOUR GRANNIES. Two children are left alone for a couple of days, while their parents go away on a business trip. They have four very different grandmas - a mean one, a snobby one, an anxious one, and a delicate one. Erg (the boy) tries to make all the grannies leave him alone, but manages to turn them into one 'Super-Granny'.

 AUNTIE BEA'S DAY OUT. Annoying Auntie Bea always does things HER way. And when she decides to take the three children (Nancy, Debbie and Simon) to the seaside, despite what the signs say, she is determined that they will sit on the small, fenced off and isolated island. It turns out to be a magical island though, and whisks her & the children (and dog) around to different places trying to get rid of them.

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