内容説明
Mrs Thumb, a genteel wooden doll, lives quietly in a prettily appointed doll's house. Then one day the cat comes to play. This story is told in simple verse combined with detailed illustrations that provide a cat's-eye view of a tiny world. Jan Mark has twice been awarded the Carnegie Medal and has also won "The Guardian" Award, the "Observer" Teenage Fiction Prize and the Angel Award for Fiction. Her books include "Thunder and Lightnings', "The Dead Letter Box", "Fur", "Strat and Chatto" (winner of the 1990 Mother Goose Award), "The Snow Maze", "This Bowl of Earth" and "Great Frog and Mighty Moose". Nicola Bayley's picture books include "The Patchwork Cat", "Copycats" and "The Mousehole Cat".
From Publishers Weekly
This small gem of a picture book is narrated by a mischievous cat looking for fun with the wooden inhabitant of a doll's house. As the book opens Mrs. Thumb sits demurely in her living room, an afternoon of sewing and reading planned. Then a huge, sharply clawed paw crashes through a window and sends her sprawling. The paw pursues the hapless Mrs. Thumb, who descends the stairs head-over-heels and ducks in vain for cover beneath the kitchen table. These antics are recounted with the utmost glee--"Off you go! Bumpety-bumpety-bump. I love this game"--while Mrs. Thumb is illustrated upside down, legs flailing. The jaunty text has a sly sense of humor ("Now someone's come to rescue you. Unfair! Unfair!") which captures Puss's teasing nature. Exquisite design showcases Bayley's rich, glowing illustrations, which recline in frames while a tiny motif adapted from each painting is reproduced to decorate the text. Minutely detailed artwork captures all the clutter and charm of a doll's house. A delightful book in doll-sized format. Ages 4-up.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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