My Dreams and Travels

This light-hearted autobiography of macabre story-teller and children´s fantasy author Rabbit Warren is also part-travelogue and part-scrapbook of curiosities, as well as being the prequel to “My Dreams in the Alps”.

Beginning with his earliest childhood memories of Apartheid South Africa before growing up in the suburbs of London, Rabbit describes how he gradually came to dream of becoming a writer, working with children and living in the Alps. After missing his final exams because of a major bicycle accident, he then recounts his travels and adventures in the Alps whilst finding work in Switzerland and, later, also in the mountains of Scotland and England.

Whilst describing the many teachers who inspired him as well as the colorful characters he worked for or with – including Tomahawk, Herr Gruezi and globetrotting Toby – Rabbit also adds all sorts of fascinating background information to his travels and dreams, including the Zulus, Walt Disney, Charles Dickens, the Dream King of Bavaria, James Bond, the Pioneers of Tourism and British royal history.

Written in a breezy and highly readable style, this is a playful autobiography of fun memories that may well inspire young people to get on the very next international train with a one-way ticket to Paradise. Suitable for all grown-ups and teens from 14 years.