Barn Cat - Softcover

Saul, Carol P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0316711403 ISBN 13: 9780316711401

Publisher: Little, Brown, 2000

Synopsis

Because she's looking for something special, the great barn cat notices but shows no interest in the activities of the animals which can be counted around her.

About this title

Review:

"Barn cat at the red barn door, / Barn cat, what are you looking for?" So rings the playful refrain of this feline frolic through the farmyard (and through numbers 1 to 10). Readers are presented with a cat's-eye view of 1 green grasshopper, 2 brown crickets, 3 black-and-orange butterflies, all the way up to 10 sparrows. These distractions would seem compelling enough to a regular cat, but, for some reason, not to barn cat. Young readers will love counting the creatures in the bold, hand-colored woodcuts, which illustrator Mary Azarian created with a 19th-century hand press. And there's plenty to admire in the large, striped barn cat, whose careful expressions are clearly the work of an avid cat observer. Author Carol Saul's nimble verse trips and trills along the pages, buoying the cheerful audience--until the dramatic pause just before the surprise ending. A heartwarming, humorous day in a special cat's life. (Ages 4 to 8) --Brangien Davis

About the Author:

"Carol P. Saul is a writer and music teacher and is the author of several other picture books. She lives and works in New York City.

Mary Azarian developed her own technique for printmaking by working on nineteenth century handpress and painting each print by hand. She has illustrated more than a dozen books and runs her own catalog business, Farmhouse Press, through which she sells address books, calendars and woodcut prints. She lives in Plainsfield, Vermont."

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0316711403
• ISBN 13: 9780316711401
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Azarian Mary