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"Cats in old-fashioned costumes exhibit a range of human emotions, vanities, and dreams in Lobel's exuberant illustrations for his original nursery rhymes....Once again, Lobel provides both verbal and visual delight."--Booklist.
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Arnold Lobel (1933-1987) was the award-winning author and illustrator of many beloved children's books, including the classic I Can Read books about Frog and Toad, and the Caldecott Medal winning Fables.
Grade 1 Up Lobel presents 35 rhymes, which, like those in Mother Goose collections, are frequently much more than they seem. Primarily they are bits of word play, funning around with the sounds of language: "Sing a song of succotash"; "George brushed his teeth with pickle paste." They characterize the sensitivity of ear and intellect acting in consort to create comedy and small pieces of unsentimental poetry about the human condition. Lobel first did it with pigs (Book of Pigericks Harper, 1983), and this time it's all cats, solidly anthropomorphic felines mostly dressed to the nines in period costumes and always emoting in ways to extend the meanings of the words. Some scenes are full-page frame settings, others are vignettes and still others are presented as a chronological series of boxed actions. (All are economically rendered, showing only what's needed to give the emotional kick.) Colors are intense with considerable black line to help make the shapes more sculptural. Youngsters will value most the funny sounding words and the readily accessible pictures of cats play-acting as folks. More mature readers will appreciate the poignancy of the arrival of a friend's letter or the mystery of the lady who "stitched the sun to the highest hill/ to hold the day from ending." There's a fair share of poetry here and pictures to help children laugh comfortably at themselves Kenneth Marantz, Art Education Department, Ohio State University, Columbus
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- PublisherGreenwillow Books
- Publication date1985
- ISBN 10 0688038352
- ISBN 13 9780688038359
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages48
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