The Sleeping Porch - Hardcover

Wallace, Ian

3.12

16 ratings by Goodreads

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0888998260 ISBN 13: 9780888998262

Publisher: Groundwood Books, 2008

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When the intense heat drives young Brando to sleep on the porch, he is awoken around midnight by a cat from a nearby graveyard. Together, Brando and Graveyard Cat embark upon a rollicking adventure: leaping up to the rings of Saturn, visiting the Arctic seas, scaling cliffs and sliding down slopes. Brando is certain his journey with Graveyard Cat was just a dream, but finds that he can’t be entirely sure . . . This imaginative tale is perfectly complemented by Ian Wallace’s charming illustrations.

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About the Author:

Ian Wallace is one of Canada?s best-known children?s book creators. Over a long and distinguished career he has published many picture-book classics, including Boy of the Deeps and Chin Chiang and the Dragon?s Dance. His illustrations for Canadian Railroad Trilogy and Just So Stories have each received three starred reviews.

Ian has won the Elizabeth Mrazik-Cleaver Award, the Mr. Christie?s Book Award and the Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Award, among others. He has been nominated for the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the Governor General?s Award and the TD Canadian Children?s Literature Award.

From School Library Journal:

Kindergarten-Grade 2—Evocative writing and outstanding watercolors meld in this dream fantasy. After setting the scene on a sweltering summer night on a sleeping porch, Wallace lifts both young Brando and readers into cool night flight. With guidance from a Maine coon cat visiting from its War of 1812-era grave, the boy and his feline friend fly from Saturn's rings to sculptured icebergs. Readers tag along for a toe dip in the cold ocean, then a taste of ice. When melting icebergs cause tidal danger, Dad helps Brando awake enough to watch Graveyard Cat do a trademark "jaunty pirouette," then disappear into the dust. Wallace's writing shines with phrases like "shadows shimmied in the grass" and "the ocean swelled, sporting smart white caps." The majority of the illustrations are powerful spreads featuring scenes such as leaping right whale pods, as well as more serene views with nimble details of the porch's antler chandelier and a moonstruck wall of windows. These features keep The Sleeping Porch from being just another sleep fantasy.—Gay Lynn Van Vleck, Henrico County Library, Glen Allen, VA
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