Plain orange landscape boards with brown cloth spine in pictorial dustwrapper; colour ills; inscribed on title page with message to previous owner, Marianne Gourary by Colin Eisler; invitation and promotional flyer for Lesley Ann Ivory exhibition laid in. Light rubbing to spine ends of dustwrapper. A beautiful picture book for cat lovers of all ages. 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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Bibliographic Details

Title

Cats Know Best

Publisher

Dial Books, New York

Publication Date

1989

Language

English

ISBN 10

0803705034

ISBN 13

9780803705036

Binding

Hard Cover

Illustrator

IVORY, Lesley Anne

Edition

First US Edition.

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Near Fine

Signed

Signed by Author

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Synopsis

Cats know how to keep warm or cool, find food, play, keep clean, and take care of their kittens.

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PreSchool-Grade 3 This illustrative marvel illuminates a very simple text, which explains that cats know how to stay warm and cool, how to find the freshest milk and fattest mice, how to bear and care for their young, and how to have fun. The elegant, exciting paintings show sleek tabby cats and kittens enjoying life to the fullest in cozy settings. The technique is realistic yet idealized and decorative, with crisp lines and painstaking detail. The one or two brief sentences of text opposite each full-page picture are bordered in harmonizing patterns: hexagonal pieces from a patchwork quilt, mice peeping through greenery, strips of a bright Oriental rug, etc. The essence of cats, with their charm, humor, grace, quirkiness, practicality, and individuality, is perfectly depicted with affectionate understanding. Children, and adults, too, will enjoy exploring the intricacies of background and behavior. Patricia Pearl, First Presbyterian School, Martinsville, Va.
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