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Product Identifiers

PublisherFarrar, Straus & Giroux

ISBN-100374399689

ISBN-139780374399689

eBay Product ID (ePID)2283961

Product Key Features

Book TitleCat Who Walked Across France : a Picture Book

Number of Pages40 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicAnimals / Cats, General, People & Places / Europe, Family / General (See Also Headings under Social Themes)

Publication Year2004

IllustratorYes, Hallensleben, Georg

GenreJuvenile Fiction

AuthorKate Banks

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight14.4 Oz

Item Length10.2 in

Item Width10.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN2002-025091

ReviewsThis 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., 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., 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., 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., "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 alle 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, "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, "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

Dewey Edition21

TitleLeadingThe

Grade FromPreschool

Grade ToSecond Grade

Dewey Decimal[E]

SynopsisIn lyrical prose and breathtaking images, Kate Banks and Georg Hallensleben take the reader on a journey across the Norman countryside, past ancient ruins, through bustling cities of France, to the sparkling ports of the Mediterranean Sea and a place the cat can call home. The cat and the old woman have lived happily together for many years in the stone house by the sea. But when the old woman dies, the cat is packed up with her belongings and sent north to the village where she was born. Soon he is forgotten. He walks the streets aimlessly until, spurred by memories and a longing to return to the place he knows and loves, the cat embarks on a journey to find the home he was taken away from. The Cat Who Walked Across France provides an unforgettable tour of western Europe., An unforgettable tour of France The cat and the old woman have lived happily together for many years in the stone house by the sea. But when the old woman dies, the cat is packed up with her belongings and sent north to the village where she was born. Soon he is forgotten. He walks the streets aimlessly until, spurred by memories and a longing to return to the place he knows and loves, the cat embarks on a journey to find the home he was taken away from. In lyrical prose and breathtaking images, Kate Banks and Georg Hallensleben take the reader on a journey across the Norman countryside, past ancient ruins, through bustling cities, to the sparkling ports of the Mediterranean Sea and a place the cat can call home., After his owner dies, a cat wanders across the countryside of France, unable to forget the home he had in the stone house by the edge of the sea.

LC Classification NumberPZ7.B22594Cat 2003