Barn Cat - Hardcover

Saul, Carol P.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316761133 ISBN 13: 9780316761130

Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers, 1998

Synopsis

Because she is looking for something special, the great barn cat notices but shows no interest in the activities of the animals--including puppies, crickets, butterflies, and others--which can be counted around her.

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Review:

"Barn cat at the red barn door, / Barn cat, what are you looking for?" So rings the playful refrain of this feline frolic through the farmyard (and through numbers 1 to 10). Readers are presented with a cat's-eye view of 1 green grasshopper, 2 brown crickets, 3 black-and-orange butterflies, all the way up to 10 sparrows. These distractions would seem compelling enough to a regular cat, but, for some reason, not to barn cat. Young readers will love counting the creatures in the bold, hand-colored woodcuts, which illustrator Mary Azarian created with a 19th-century hand press. And there's plenty to admire in the large, striped barn cat, whose careful expressions are clearly the work of an avid cat observer. Author Carol Saul's nimble verse trips and trills along the pages, buoying the cheerful audience--until the dramatic pause just before the surprise ending. A heartwarming, humorous day in a special cat's life. (Ages 4 to 8) --Brangien Davis

About the Author:

Joe Connelly is a paramedic in the Hell's Kitchen area of New York. This is his first novel.

About this edition

• Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0316761133
• ISBN 13: 9780316761130
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Azarian Mary