The owl and the pussycat - Softcover

Lear, Edward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0763600687 ISBN 13: 9780763600686

Publisher: Shaw's Candlewick Press, 1996

Synopsis

A cassette featuring Edward Lear's well-loved nonsense rhyme.

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Review

"The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea / In a beautiful pea-green boat. / They took some honey, and plenty of money, / Wrapped up in a five-pound note." The Owl and the Pussycat make quite a couple. On the decks of the pea-green S.S. Dorabella, the lovesick, bulgy-eyed Owl serenades his jowly feline sweetheart, inspiring her to grab him, dip him, and propose (demand?) marriage. They sail to an island, where they persuade the Piggywig to sell them the ring at the end of his nose to use as a wedding ring, are married by a turkey who lives on a hill, and then dance by the light of the moon. James Marshall--beloved creator of the unforgettable hippos George and Martha--graces Edward Lear's classic nonsense poem "The Owl and the Pussycat" with his winsome, goofy watercolor sketches in the final work before his death in 1992. As his dear friend Maurice Sendak writes in the afterword of this historic book, "There was never such an Owl and Pussycat, certainly not since Edward Lear, and for my money James surpasses Lear's original pictures in sheer giddy humor and heartfeltness." This is the kind of book that adults wish they had grown up with, and that children will remember their whole lives. (All ages) --Karin Snelson

Book Description

Hardcover edition:
$13.95 CL
978-0-89919-505-6
 
Paperback edition:
$7.99 CL/$7.95 CAN
978-0-89919-854-5

Edition details

• Publisher: Shaw's Candlewick Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0763600687
• ISBN 13: 9780763600686
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 1