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Shepard, Aaron

King o' the Cats

32 pp. | Atheneum | August, 2004 | Trade ISBN 0-689-82082-8 $$16.95
(3) K-3 Illustrated by Kristin Sorra. In this retelling of an English folktale, young sexton Peter Black has a series of eerie encounters with hundreds of cats and their king. Shepard's narration is well paced and makes good use of repetition to build drama and suspense. Shadowy oil illustrations have a luminescent, sculptural quality that greatly extends the unusual tale.
Reviewer: CHristine Sarrazin

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