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Bogart, Jo Ellen

The White Cat and the Monk: A Retelling of the Poem "Pangur Bán"

32 pp. | Groundwood | March, 2016 | Trade ISBN 978-1-55498-780-1 $18.95 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-55498-781-8
(2) K-3 Illustrated by Sydney Smith. "Pangur Bán" is a ninth-century Old Irish poem about the simple contentment a monk and a cat find in work and life together. In this picture book edition, the adaptation is as unostentatious as the watercolor and ink illustrations, which meld a medieval spirit with a modern sense of cartooning, a juxtaposition that is fresh and seems entirely right. Author's note appended.
Reviewer: Roger Sutton | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2016

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