Orlando (The Marmalade Cat)

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Orlando (The Marmalade Cat) is the eponymous hero of a series of 19 illustrated children's books written by Kathleen Hale between 1938 and 1972.

Orlando lives in town of 'Owlbarrow', a thinly disguised version of Aldeburgh on the coast of Suffolk. Many of the illustrations feature landmarks in the town.

Books in the series are;

  • Orlando (the Marmalade Cat): A Camping Holiday (1938)
  • Orlando (the Marmalade Cat): A Trip Abroad (1939)
  • Orlando's Evening Out (1941)
  • Orlando (the Marmalade Cat): Buys a Farm (1942)
  • Orlando's Home Life (1942)
  • Orlando (the Marmalade Cat): His Silver Wedding (1944)
  • Orlando (the Marmalade Cat): Becomes a Doctor (1944)
  • Orlando's Invisible Pyjamas (1947)
  • Orlando (the Marmalade Cat): Keeps a Dog (1949)
  • Orlando the Judge (1950)
  • Orlando, the Marmalade Cat. A Seaside Holiday (1952)
  • Orlando's Zoo (1954)
  • Orlando (the Marmalade Cat): The Frisky Housewife (1956)
  • Orlando's Magic Carpet (1958)
  • Orlando's Country Peepshow (1959)
  • Orlando, the Marmalade Cat, Buys a Cottage (1963)
  • Orlando and the Three Graces (1965)
  • Orlando Goes to the Moon (1968)
  • Orlando and the Water Cats (1972)

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