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Nethery, Mary

The Famous Nini: A Mostly True Story of How a Plain White Cat Became a Star

32 pp. | Clarion | June, 2010 | Trade ISBN 978-0-618-97769-7 $17.00
(3) K-3 Illustrated by John Manders. Having helped composer Giuseppe Verdi overcome writer's block, Nini, an ordinary white cat living in a Venetian café, attracts attention from Italian royalty, a Russian czar, and the emperor of Ethiopia. The highly inventive and entertaining story, accompanied by vibrant gouache and colored-pencil illustrations, is based on historical events; an author's note tells more about the players.
Reviewer: Rebecca Reed Whidden

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