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The Owl and the Pussycat

The Owl and the Pussycat

The Owl and the Pussycat Hardcover - 1991

by Lear, Edward

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  • Hardcover
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"Brett sets Lear's beloved poem of courtly nonsense in a lush, brilliantly lit Caribbean landscape . . . her gorgeously colored double-page spreads combine deadpan realism with the wildest flights of fancy and a mocking undercurrent in setting and character".--Booklist, starred review. Full color.

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, 1991. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Brett, Jan. The Number Line Indicated A Second Printing Of This First Edition. Laminated Pictorial Boards. The Jacket Is Unclipped ($14.95). Gift Quality Book.

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Details

  • Title The Owl and the Pussycat
  • Author Lear, Edward
  • Illustrator Brett, Jan
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st Edition 2nd Printing
  • Condition Used - Fine
  • Pages 32
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 1991
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 048928
  • ISBN 9780399219252 / 0399219250
  • Weight 0.77 lbs (0.35 kg)
  • Dimensions 10.34 x 8.76 x 0.37 in (26.26 x 22.25 x 0.94 cm)
  • Size 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall
  • Ages 04 to 08 years
  • Grade levels P - 3
  • Reading level 380
  • Themes
    • Event: Wedding
    • Topical: Gift
  • Library of Congress subjects Children's poetry, English, English poetry
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 90032244
  • Dewey Decimal Code 821.8

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From the publisher

With over thirty four million books in print, Jan Brett is one of the nation's foremost author illustrators of children's books. Jan lives in a seacoast town in Massachusetts, close to where she grew up. During the summer her family moves to a home in the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts.

As a child, Jan Brett decided to be an illustrator and spent many hours reading and drawing. She says, "I remember the special quiet of rainy days when I felt that I could enter the pages of my beautiful picture books. Now I try to recreate that feeling of believing that the imaginary place I'm drawing really exists. The detail in my work helps to convince me, and I hope others as well, that such places might be real."

As a student at the Boston Museum School, she spent hours in the Museum of Fine Arts. "It was overwhelming to see the room-size landscapes and towering stone sculptures, and then moments later to refocus on delicately embroidered kimonos and ancient porcelain," she says. "I'm delighted and surprised when fragments of these beautiful images come back to me in my painting."

Travel is also a constant inspiration. Together with her husband, Joe Hearne, who is a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Jan visits many different countries where she researches the architecture and costumes that appear in her work. "From cave paintings to Norwegian sleighs, to Japanese gardens, I study the traditions of the many countries I visit and use them as a starting point for my children's books."

Media reviews

Citations

  • ALA Best Books Young Adults, 01/01/1992, Page 1367
  • Booklist Ed Choice Youth, 01/01/1992, Page 875
  • Hornbook Guide to Children, 01/01/1991, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 02/22/1991, Page 0
  • School Library Journal, 02/01/1991, Page 0

About the author

With over thirty four million books in print, Jan Brett is one of the nation's foremost author illustrators of children's books. Jan lives in a seacoast town in Massachusetts, close to where she grew up. During the summer her family moves to a home in the Berkshire Hills of Massachusetts.

As a child, Jan Brett decided to be an illustrator and spent many hours reading and drawing. She says, "I remember the special quiet of rainy days when I felt that I could enter the pages of my beautiful picture books. Now I try to recreate that feeling of believing that the imaginary place I'm drawing really exists. The detail in my work helps to convince me, and I hope others as well, that such places might be real."

As a student at the Boston Museum School, she spent hours in the Museum of Fine Arts. "It was overwhelming to see the room-size landscapes and towering stone sculptures, and then moments later to refocus on delicately embroidered kimonos and ancient porcelain," she says. "I'm delighted and surprised when fragments of these beautiful images come back to me in my painting."

Travel is also a constant inspiration. Together with her husband, Joe Hearne, who is a member of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Jan visits many different countries where she researches the architecture and costumes that appear in her work. "From cave paintings to Norwegian sleighs, to Japanese gardens, I study the traditions of the many countries I visit and use them as a starting point for my children's books."

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