The Cat Who Walked Across France - Hardcover

Banks, Kate

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0374399689 ISBN 13: 9780374399689

Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux, 2004

Synopsis

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Review:

"Hallensleben composes space like Matisse and loads his brush with paint like Van Gogh...Francophiles and cat fanatics will melt at the immensely satisfying conclusion." --Starred, Publishers Weekly

"Banks and Hallensleben make beautiful books together." --American Bookseller

"Exquisite." --Boxed, Booklist

"With the rich palette and thick brushwork of Rouault or Gaugin, Hallensleben magically captures the light of France and the forthright courage of a small gray cat...Beautifully realized." --Kirkus Reviews

"Hallensleben's drawings, using richly saturated colors, reflect a deeply loving view of France, both countryside and towns, and include landmarks that Francophiles can easily pick out." --The Horn Book

"Rich in theme and evocative in tone, the cat's quest will resonate with young readers." --School Library Journal

"This lonely and determined cat, who puts one in mind of Kipling's solitary cat walking down its allée of trees, is a heroine grown-ups are likely to find especially pleasing...Georg Hallensleben's paintings of her trip have at once a poster-paint Fauve simplicity and a Vuillard-melancholy...plaintive and memorable." --The New York Times Book Review

About the Author:

Author Kate Banks and illustrator Georg Hallensleben have collaborated on several books, including And If the Moon Could Talk, winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award, Baboon, Close Your Eyes, and The Night Worker, winner of the Charlotte Zolotow Award. Banks lives in the South of France with her husband and two sons. Hallensleben lives in Paris.

About this edition

• Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0374399689
• ISBN 13: 9780374399689
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 40
• Illustrator: Hallensleben Georg