Frankenstein's Cat - Hardcover

Jobling, Curtis

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0340792159 ISBN 13: 9780340792155

Publisher: Hodder Children's Books / Hodder Headline Limited, 2001

Synopsis

You've heard of Doctor Frankenstein and his monster? Well the monster wasn't the doctor's first experiment - there was another. Meet Frankenstein's Cat. He's a little bit odd and a little bit smelly but he's got a kind heart and he's looking for a soul-mate. But who on earth would want to be friends with a cat that's this revolting!

About this title

About the Author:

Curtis Jobling is a writer and designer for film and TV, perhaps best known for his work on BBCs BOB THE BUILDER. He holds workshops on animation, illusration, creative writing and design. His picture book Frankenstein's Cat, has been developed into a TV series, and has won the Pulcinella Award for Best Children's Show.

From Publishers Weekly:

Jobling, a designer of Nickelodeon's Bob the Builder animated series, drolly accounts for Dr. Frankenstein's first invention, a cat named Nine ("Not because cats have `nine lives,' but because that's how many cats it took to make him"). The feline fellow doesn't suffer for his unusual appearance, even though he sports a stitched head and mismatched feet. Instead, children and adult playmates reject Nine because he stinks, having been concocted from "A Persian here, a Siamese there... and a very, very, very smelly alley cat." Lonesome Nine asks Dr. Frankenstein to make him a companion and the giggling, purple-haired madman agrees. In whimsical paintings, Jobling pictures Nine as an expressive, smiling patchwork toy, rather than an undead monster; he shows the malodorous outcast in happy anticipation of the doctor's new creation ("A friend! I can't wait!"). The penultimate spread depicts the melancholy proceedings in silhouette after the second pet is revealed: "Frankenstein's dog chas[es] Frankenstein's cat around the castle forever and a day!" Despite the cartoonish story, Nine becomes a sympathetic character. Youngsters may well empathize with his unmet expectations as this jokey parody closes on a dissonant sad note. Ages 4-8.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Hodder Children's Books / Hodder Headline Limited
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0340792159
• ISBN 13: 9780340792155
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Jobling Curtis (illustrator), Over 15 Color Illustrations (including Title Page), Patterned Endpapers (light/dark Green)