Glazed pictorial boards; colour ills. Small patch of sticker residue to rear cover. The cats decide to have a party to welcome the new kittens. First published in West Germany as 'Das Katzenhaus'. From the library of the late Marianne Gourary, a New York collector who amassed a vast selection of cat related books during her lifetime.[1019: L3].

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Title

The Cats' Party

Publisher

Barron's Educational Series, Inc., New York

Publication Date

1985

Language

English

ISBN 10

0812057201

ISBN 13

9780812057201

Binding

Hard Cover

Illustrator

MELLE, Gerta

Edition

First US Edition.

Condition

Very Good

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Synopsis

Leonardo, Paul, Julie, Amadeus, Coco, Emil, Frederica, and Edison all make presents for the three little kittens that will be coming for a visit with their Uncle Arthur and Aunt Agatha

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Kindergarten-Grade 2 Anticipating a first visit from three new kittens and their parents, the excited cats who live in a large house decide to have a party. Each cat will make a present for the kittens using his or her special talents (Paul the cook prepares a meal, musician Amadeus will play a concert, seamstress Coco makes pillowcases, and so on). Readers see each cat in a different room of the house, opposite a paragraph of text bordered by a decorative motif: onions; musical notes; spools of thread. The rooms of the house feature delicate Victorian dollhouse wallpapers which provide a backdrop for the full-color illustrations. The flat, sketchy, thick-lined illustrations appear crude when juxtaposed with the elegant printed wallpapers. The cats are shown in awkward, upright positions which are most uncat-like. The slight story, really a catalog of gifts, seems to have been written to provide a backdrop for the illustrations, and most especially for the wallpaper. The text reads like a literal, rather than an idiomatic, translation. Susan H. Patron, Los Angeles Public Library
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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