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The Owl and the Pussycat

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Stéphane Jorisch

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	The Owl and the Pussycat written by Edward Lear illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch from the series Visions in Poetry For information - including sample spreads, free downloadables and more - go to www.kidscanpress.com/Canada/product.aspx?productid=5729

Hardcover CAD $18.95 978-1-55337-828-0 Paperback CAD $11.95 978-1-55453-232-2 Grades: 5 and up Ages: 10 and up The Arts Visual Arts critical thinking about visual arts Language Arts Genre, Literature, Understanding poetry Reading Levels: Fountas & Pinnell L Grade Level 2/3 Reading Recovery 19 Accelerated Reader 2.5 LG © 2007 4-color 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 48 pages	Visions in Poetry is an innovative and award-winning series of classic poems re-interpreted for today's readers by outstanding contemporary artists in distinctively beautiful editions. The sixth Visions in Poetry book is The Owl and the Pussycat, a nonsense poem by Edward Lear, brilliantly illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch. The artist's vision begins in a segregated world where different species never mix and everyone hides behind a mask. Against this backdrop an aristocratic owl from Owl Heights and a bohemian pussycat from the other side of the tracks find each other. They escape society's disapproval by sailing in their pea green boat to "the land where the bong-tree grows," a utopia of mismatched creatures living together, their masks doffed for good. Jorisch's playful and fantastic interpretation, inspired in part by Lear's own illustrations as well as the films of Fellini, the art of Miro and The Beatles' Yellow Submarine, is a celebration of love and an exhilarating journey that takes us beyond the quirky charm of this favorite poem. Awards 2008 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator’s Award, shortlist 2008 Governor General’s Literary Award, children’s illustration, Canada Council for the Arts, winner 2007 Parents’ Choice Award, winner Reviews “Winsome ink-and-watercolor illustrations provide a fine example of the power of artistic interpretation.” — School Library Journal, October 2008 “... offers readers a sophisticated re-imagining of Lear’s classic children’s poem without losing any of its traditional whimsy in the doing.” — Kirkus Reviews, September 2008

kidscanpress.com presents ...
	The Owl and the Pussycat written by Edward Lear illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch from the series Visions in Poetry For information - including sample spreads, free downloadables and more - go to www.kidscanpress.com/Canada/product.aspx?productid=5729

Hardcover CAD $18.95 978-1-55337-828-0 Paperback CAD $11.95 978-1-55453-232-2 Grades: 5 and up Ages: 10 and up The Arts Visual Arts critical thinking about visual arts Language Arts Genre, Literature, Understanding poetry Reading Levels: Fountas & Pinnell L Grade Level 2/3 Reading Recovery 19 Accelerated Reader 2.5 LG © 2007 4-color 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 48 pages	Visions in Poetry is an innovative and award-winning series of classic poems re-interpreted for today's readers by outstanding contemporary artists in distinctively beautiful editions. The sixth Visions in Poetry book is The Owl and the Pussycat, a nonsense poem by Edward Lear, brilliantly illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch. The artist's vision begins in a segregated world where different species never mix and everyone hides behind a mask. Against this backdrop an aristocratic owl from Owl Heights and a bohemian pussycat from the other side of the tracks find each other. They escape society's disapproval by sailing in their pea green boat to "the land where the bong-tree grows," a utopia of mismatched creatures living together, their masks doffed for good. Jorisch's playful and fantastic interpretation, inspired in part by Lear's own illustrations as well as the films of Fellini, the art of Miro and The Beatles' Yellow Submarine, is a celebration of love and an exhilarating journey that takes us beyond the quirky charm of this favorite poem. Awards 2008 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator’s Award, shortlist 2008 Governor General’s Literary Award, children’s illustration, Canada Council for the Arts, winner 2007 Parents’ Choice Award, winner Reviews “Winsome ink-and-watercolor illustrations provide a fine example of the power of artistic interpretation.” — School Library Journal, October 2008 “... offers readers a sophisticated re-imagining of Lear’s classic children’s poem without losing any of its traditional whimsy in the doing.” — Kirkus Reviews, September 2008

kidscanpress.com presents ...
	The Owl and the Pussycat written by Edward Lear illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch from the series Visions in Poetry For information - including sample spreads, free downloadables and more - go to www.kidscanpress.com/Canada/product.aspx?productid=5729

Hardcover CAD $18.95 978-1-55337-828-0 Paperback CAD $11.95 978-1-55453-232-2 Grades: 5 and up Ages: 10 and up The Arts Visual Arts critical thinking about visual arts Language Arts Genre, Literature, Understanding poetry Reading Levels: Fountas & Pinnell L Grade Level 2/3 Reading Recovery 19 Accelerated Reader 2.5 LG © 2007 4-color 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 48 pages	Visions in Poetry is an innovative and award-winning series of classic poems re-interpreted for today's readers by outstanding contemporary artists in distinctively beautiful editions. The sixth Visions in Poetry book is The Owl and the Pussycat, a nonsense poem by Edward Lear, brilliantly illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch. The artist's vision begins in a segregated world where different species never mix and everyone hides behind a mask. Against this backdrop an aristocratic owl from Owl Heights and a bohemian pussycat from the other side of the tracks find each other. They escape society's disapproval by sailing in their pea green boat to "the land where the bong-tree grows," a utopia of mismatched creatures living together, their masks doffed for good. Jorisch's playful and fantastic interpretation, inspired in part by Lear's own illustrations as well as the films of Fellini, the art of Miro and The Beatles' Yellow Submarine, is a celebration of love and an exhilarating journey that takes us beyond the quirky charm of this favorite poem. Awards 2008 Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator’s Award, shortlist 2008 Governor General’s Literary Award, children’s illustration, Canada Council for the Arts, winner 2007 Parents’ Choice Award, winner Reviews “Winsome ink-and-watercolor illustrations provide a fine example of the power of artistic interpretation.” — School Library Journal, October 2008 “... offers readers a sophisticated re-imagining of Lear’s classic children’s poem without losing any of its traditional whimsy in the doing.” — Kirkus Reviews, September 2008

written by Edward Lear

illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch

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from the series
Visions in Poetry

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CAD $18.95

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CAD $11.95

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Visions in Poetry is an innovative and award-winning series of classic poems re-interpreted for today's readers by outstanding contemporary artists in distinctively beautiful editions.

The sixth Visions in Poetry book is The Owl and the Pussycat, a nonsense poem by Edward Lear, brilliantly illustrated by Stéphane Jorisch. The artist's vision begins in a segregated world where different species never mix and everyone hides behind a mask. Against this backdrop an aristocratic owl from Owl Heights and a bohemian pussycat from the other side of the tracks find each other.

They escape society's disapproval by sailing in their pea green boat to "the land where the bong-tree grows," a utopia of mismatched creatures living together, their masks doffed for good. Jorisch's playful and fantastic interpretation, inspired in part by Lear's own illustrations as well as the films of Fellini, the art of Miro and The Beatles' Yellow Submarine, is a celebration of love and an exhilarating journey that takes us beyond the quirky charm of this favorite poem.

Grades: 5 and up
Ages: 10 and up

© 2007
4-color • 5 1/2 x 9 1/4 • 48 pages

Curriculum Connections

The Arts

Visual Arts

critical thinking about visual arts

Language Arts

Genre, Literature, Understanding

poetry

Reading levels

Fountas & Pinnell

Grade Level

2/3

Reading Recovery

Accelerated Reader

LG 2.5

Hardcover

978-1-55337-828-0

Paperback

978-1-55453-232-2

Reviews

“Winsome ink-and-watercolor illustrations provide a fine example of the power of artistic interpretation.”: — School Library Journal, October 2008
“... offers readers a sophisticated re-imagining of Lear’s classic children’s poem without losing any of its traditional whimsy in the doing.”: — Kirkus Reviews, September 2008

Awards

2008: Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator’s Award, shortlist
2008: Governor General’s Literary Award, children’s illustration, Canada Council for the Arts, winner
2007: Parents’ Choice Award, winner