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Hardback32 pages
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www.joycedunbar.com/Illustrated By
Jill BartonPublisher
Frances Lincoln Childrens Books an imprint of Frances Lincoln Publishers LtdSuitable for Ages
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Publication date
4th October 2012ISBN
9781847803696Children's Author 'Like-for-Like' recommendations
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Puss Jekyll Cat Hyde
Written by: Joyce Dunbar
Illustrated by: Jill Barton
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Julia Eccleshare's comment:
Cat lovers everywhere will relish this beauty of a book. Jill Barton’s glorious large scale illustrations capture the different moods of this changeable feline star. Good cat or bad cat? Joyce Dunbar’s lyrical and rhythmic text beautifully describes the many kinds of cat within the one creature. Entertaining and thoughtful, this is a book to enjoy again and again.
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Synopsis
Puss Jekyll Cat Hyde by Joyce DunbarGood puss or bad cat? Jekyll or Hyde? One and the same? Who decides? Puss Jekyll is the soft cuddly cat of the house grooming her fur, but at night she becomes Cat Hyde, hunting mice, all fang and claw. Page by page this delightful book explores the two very distinct personalities of the enchanting pet. Sleeping in a cosy spot or prowling in the moonlight, lapping milk from a bowl or stalking a defenceless trembling vole, playing with a ball of wool or savaging her prey, graceful and aristocratic or ruthless street fighter, can this really be the same creature? The beautifully evocative rhythmic and rhyming text is accompanied by luminous coloured-pencil and watercolour drawings that make the reader want to reach out and feel the fur. This treat for cat-lovers of all ages is from the highly acclaimed author of bestselling picture books such as Tell Me Something Before You Go to Sleep, and the illustrator of such classics as Martin Waddell's The Pig in the Pond and the Boston Globe Horn Book Award winning In the Rain with Baby Duck.
Reviews
A great book ... As well as appealing to cat people, this appeals to story lovers. I love it. I also love the language, the sometimes jarring rhyme and sense of threat against the comfort[ing] ... This is EXACTLY the kind of writing, in a 'cat
book for children, that people should be producing
. -- Henry Layte The Book Hive
About The Author
JOYCE DUNBAR was born and brought up in Lincolnshire. She taught English for 20 years before becoming a full-time writer. Her books for children include This is the Star, which became a world-wide best-seller, and Mundo and the Weatherchild, which was runner-up for the Guardian Children's Fiction Award. The popular Mouse and Mole series has been animated for television with the voices of Alan Bennett and Richard Briers. She lives in Norwich.
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