His other books include TIME AT THE TOP and CASTAWAYS ON LONG AGO.

In 1970, after 25 years in Berkeley, California, Edward and his wife, Joan, moved to upstate New York, where they live in a country home designed by Edward. : Time at the Top (9780874660296) by Edward Ormondroyd and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great. He served in WWII, participating in the invasions of Okinawa and Iwo Jima. EDWARD ORMONDROYD grew up in Pennsylvania and Michigan. A tale filled with high humor and deep humanity, this much beloved classic springs to new life in a full cast recording that features the author himself as narrator. Alas, the wonderful visits to gryffons, sea monsters, and banshees will come to a crashing halt if the scientist stalking the Phoenix is successful. Even if he had known, who could have guessed that a Phoenix would turn out to be so stuffy, so pompous-and so utterly endearing? (To say nothing of its fondness for Aunt Amy's sugar cookies!) When the Phoenix decides to take a hand in David's education the adventures-and the hilarity-really begin. What makes it so unusual is the fact that it seems to be narrated by a writer named Edward Ormondroyd, who happens to live in Susan’s building and who heard her firsthand account of the adventure.When David finally has a chance to climb the mountain behind his new home he has no idea he is about to meet a fabulous mythical creature. This unusual fantasy comes from the author of children’s favorite David and the Phoenix. Her time-travel adventure proves to be a fine, spirited, humorous romp with a touch of romance, a grip of suspense, and a mysterious afterglow. She acquits herself very sensibly – yet with a certain imaginative cunning and a flair for dramatics – as she helps her newfound friends.

Is it too far-fetched to be believed? You be the judge. After several days’ frantic search, during which no trace of her seemed likely to turn up, she reappeared with a bizarre story about a gift of “three” from a gypsy woman on the street, an elevator ride back in time to 1881, and an adventure with two children who wanted to prevent their mother from marrying a fortune-seeking adventurer. One Wednesday afternoon in March (1960 or so), a girl named Susan Shaw vanished from the Manhattan apartment building where she lived with her widowed father.

Time at the Top by Edward Ormondroyd