BS: Name of an Aruthurian Children's book

Subject: BS: Name of an Aruthurian Children's book
From: Amergin
Date: 17 Sep 03 - 01:42 AM

Well, this has been bugging me for many years...about 20 years ago I read a book or a series of books about a group of children who discover the ruins of a castle or a cave(i am thinking near cornwall) on a small island with a river or a creek or something...they explore it...and get transported back to Arthurian times...and then are sent on various missions like one of the children was sent after Merlin's ring (i believe)...sorry i know this is vague but it has been 20 years....and I have been asking various book experts in my area (book store cleerks and librarians) and they all ask either the Susan Cooper books or the Narnia books...neither one of them are correct though...

Does anyone have any idea the name of the book or books I am describing? This has been bugging me for 10 years or so....

Subject: RE: BS: Name of an Aruthurian Children's book
From: Amergin
Date: 17 Sep 03 - 01:44 AM

i think another mission was after a mirror...but I'm not sure...

Subject: RE: BS: Name of an Aruthurian Children's book
From: Nerd
Date: 17 Sep 03 - 02:04 AM

Amergin,

This sounds like Andre Norton. The series, I think, was the "Magic" series, including Fur Magic, Octagon Magic, Lavender Magic, Steel magic, and some other titles. Didn't "Steel Magic" have a quest for Merlin's Ring in it, along with a horn and excalibur? And there was a separate Andre Norton book called "Merlin's Mirror."

There was also a book by H. Warner Munn called "Merlin's Ring" and another called "Merlin's Godson," but I'm not sure if I ever read them...

any of these ring a bell?

Subject: RE: BS: Name of an Aruthurian Children's book
From: Amergin
Date: 17 Sep 03 - 02:13 AM

Nerd, Steel magic THATS THE ONE! thank you so much...it's been bugging me for years...but no one knew what i was tlaking about...sigh..thanks so much

Subject: RE: BS: Name of an Aruthurian Children's book
From: Nerd
Date: 17 Sep 03 - 05:36 PM

Glad I could help :-)

Subject: RE: BS: Name of an Aruthurian Children's book
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 17 Sep 03 - 10:58 PM

The Narnia books are pretty good, though, if you have to have a second runner-up. :)

Subject: RE: BS: Name of an Aruthurian Children's book
From: black walnut
Date: 18 Sep 03 - 08:00 AM

The Narnian books are Arthurian?

Subject: RE: BS: Name of an Aruthurian Children's book
From: Ringer
Date: 18 Sep 03 - 11:03 AM

More Aruthurian, I'd say.