This thread has set me off on a nostaglia trip on all the books I loved as a child. Among them the Carbonel books by Barbara Sleigh (about a magic cat and his adventures with some kids who save him from a witch).

I'm also remembering (though not very well, hence this post) a series of books about a boy and a dragon and their adventures. He had some kind of chant or spell that he used to summon the dragon to him. Yup, that's all I remember. Except that I have the idea that the author's first name was Rosemary. They'd have been written around the same time as the Carbonel and Madelaine L'Engle books.

I know I'll be extremely lucky if anyone recognises them from that - but thought it was worth a try as I'd love to rediscover them.

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Athos: If you'd told us what you were doing, we might have been able to plan this properly.
Aramis: Yes, sorry.
Athos: No, no, by all means, let's keep things suicidal.

The Musketeers