Modern First Editions: Their Value to Collectors - Hardcover

Saul, Carol P.

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9780316903639: Modern First Editions: Their Value to Collectors
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0316903639 ISBN 13: 9780316903639
Publisher: Little Brown & Co, 1998

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

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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

Joe Connelly is a paramedic in the Hell's Kitchen area of New York. This is his first novel.

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Publisher
Little Brown & Co
Publication date
1998
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0316903639
ISBN 13 
9780316903639
Binding
Hardcover
Illustrator
Azarian Mary
Edition number
4
Number of pages
336
Rating
  • 3.79 out of 5 stars
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