Davin

Outside World War II rages gravely as German planes drop bombs over London. Inside one familys home a boy lies ill in bed. Before leaving to fight in the war his father told him about Davin a teddy bear that holds the power to make sick boys well. But things look bad--no one knows where Davin is. In an attempt to save their friend the miniature figures of a little Bugle Boy a blustery Sergeant Major a princess Robin Hood Chingachgook and Perseus the Greek hero come to life and join forces to find the mysterious Davin. Along the way they encounter a ferocious cat a man-eating spider the Dark Knight and Blackbeard and his band of terrifying pirates. Read by Grandma Goddess to her grandchildren as they lie in their beds Davin is a story within a story. A thrilling adventure for boys and girls it is a fantasy in which literary and historical characters clash in a war between good and evil to save a childs life.