The Cat's Midsummer Jamboree - Hardcover

David Kherdian; Nonny Hogrogian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0399222227 ISBN 13: 9780399222221

Publisher: Philomel, 1990

Synopsis

A roaming mandolin-playing cat encounters a number of other musical animals on his travels, and the result is a jamboree in a tree.

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From Publishers Weekly:

This mandolin-strumming, singing cat has an extraordinary ear for music and a boundless enthusiasm that soon extends to encompass a toad with a harmonica, then a fox with a flute. The felicitous feline proves adept at encouraging each musician to give up a solo career, as the trio soon becomes a country band, with members joining in a lyrical chain reaction. First they form a parade, then climb into tree branches to create their own colorful symphony. The music takes over "until the world of that place was filled with the happiness that all began with a cat who loved to sing." Soft-as-velvet illustrations from two-time Caldecott Medalist Hogrogian seem to spring out of the clean white pages. A diverse collection of wildflowers provides a gentle backdrop for the forest folk. Kherdian's rhapsodic story will make readers and listeners want to reach for an instrument and burst into song. Ages 4 - 8.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 2 --In this simple, low-key story, a singing, mandolin-playing cat comes upon a variety of other animal musicians and persuades each in turn to join in and travel along. A toad with a harmonica, a flute-playing fox, a drummer badger, and others add to the assembly until they at last become "a jamboree in a tree," attracting listeners and revelers from all around. Kherdian's stylized telling has the quality of a folktale as the players progress from a duet to a trio, to a quartet, and so on, introducing a new animal and instrument each time. The text is slightly more formal than Hogrogian's familiar soft, whimsical colored-pencil and wash drawings, set unfettered against white backgrounds or enclosed in a lush forest backdrop. A pleasant enough stroll, although rather tame stuff for midsummer madness. --Corinne Camarata, Port Washington Public Library, NY
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Philomel
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0399222227
• ISBN 13: 9780399222221
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 30