Space Cat Visits Venus (Hardcover)

Ruthven Todd

ISBN 10: 0486822737 / ISBN 13: 9780486822730

Published by Dover Publications Inc., New York, 2018

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Hardcover. Flyball the space cat is back for his second fun-filled adventure, and this time he's living in Luna Port, the first city on the Moon. Workers at the lunar station are building a rocket to transport him and his pilot buddy, Colonel Stone, to Venus. The two friends take a long voyage to the planet, where they encounter violet skies, torrential ammonia rains, and strange plants that can communicate without speaking. Special hardcover edition. AGES: 6 to 10 AUTHOR: Scottish poet, novelist, and artist Ruthven Todd (191478) is best known as an editor of William Blake's works and as an author of children's stories, including four Space Cat adventures. He also wrote detective fiction under the pseudonym R. T. Campbell. Flyball is back, and this whimsically illustrated hardcover volume recounts the intrepid cat's voyage to Venus, where he and his pilot friend encounter strange plants that can communicate without speaking. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Space Cat Visits Venus (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Dover Publications Inc., New York
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0486822737
• ISBN 13: 9780486822730
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Galdone, Paul
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

"This easy science fiction book continues the same kind of humor and adventure of the author's first book, Space Cat. Illustrations in black and white are well suited to the text. Recommended." — Library Journal
Flyball the Space Cat is back, and this time he's living in Luna Port, the first city on the Moon. Workers at the lunar station are building a rocket to transport him and his pilot buddy, Colonel Fred Stone, to Venus. The two friends take a long voyage to the planet, where they encounter violet skies, torrential ammonia rains, and strange plants that can communicate without speaking.
This new edition of a charmingly illustrated storybook from 1955 is the second of a four-book series starring the intrepid feline known as Space Cat. Young readers will delight in taking a look at space exploration from Flyball's point of view and following his escapades across the solar system.

About the Author

Scottish poet, novelist, and artist Ruthven Todd (1914–78) is best known as an editor of William Blake's works and an author of children's stories, including four Space Cat adventures. He also wrote detective fiction under the pseudonym R. T. Campbell.
Illustrator and writer Paul Galdone (1907–86) specialized in children's books. His illustrations for Eve Titus's books include the Basil of Baker Street series. Galdone and Titus were nominated for Caldecott Medals for Anatole (1957) and Anatole and the Cat (1958), titles that were named Caldecott Honor books in 1971. Galdone was posthumously awarded the 1996 Kerlan Award for his contributions to children's literature.