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The Owl and the Pussycat

Series: visions in poetry

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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.

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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.

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Reading Levels

    guided reading
  • L

  • guided reading grade level
  • 2/3

  • lexile code
  • Non-Prose

  • accelerated reader interest lvl
  • LG

  • accelerated reader reading level
  • 2.5

AWARDS & REVIEWS

Reviews

"Winsome ink-and-watercolor illustrations provide a fine example of the power of artistic interpretation."

School Library Journal, 01/10/2008

"... 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, 01/09/2008

Awards

  • 2008 - Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator’s Award, Canada Council for the Arts, Short-listed

  • 2008 - Governor General’s Literary Award, children’s illustration, , Winner

  • 2007 - Parents’ Choice Award, , Winner

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