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Root, Phyllis

Scrawny Cat

40 pp. | Candlewick | October, 2011 | Trade ISBN 978-0-7636-4164-1 $16.99
(2) K-3 Illustrated by Alison Friend. A once-loved stray cat takes refuge in a moored dinghy. It breaks free, and he's blown over the sea to an island home owned by Emma, a lonely former sailor. Root paces her story expertly, lingering for pathos and subtly repeating sounds. In expansive gouache illustrations, Friend represents the cat's affecting emotions with verve and Emma herself in welcoming curves.
Reviewer: Joanna Rudge Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2011

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