Author(s): Edward Lear,Matilda Harrison
Format: Paperback
No. of Pages: 32
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Date Published: 2001-03-01
Dimensions: 232 x 304 x 16mm
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Illustrations:

'Bisky Bats and Pussy Cats, a selection of [Edward Lear's] animal nonsense verse brilliantly illustrated in soberly surreal hard-edged pictures by Matilda Harrison, will be an international winner.' Books for Keeps 'This book offers a feast of colour and detail from a superb artist and a much loved writer.' Parents News The Bloomsbury Children's Classics Series The Brave Sister, retold by Fiona Waters, illustrated by Danuta Mayer The Selfish Giant, retold by Fiona Waters, illustrated by Fabian Negrin The Emperor and the Nightingale, retold by Fiona Waters, illustrated by Paul Birkbeck Bisky Bats and Pussy Cats, animal nonsense poems by Edward Lear, illustrated by Matilda Harrison. The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea In a beautiful pea-green boat ...So starts the familiar rhyme from Edward Lear ...and within the pages of this collection of classic Lear favourites and unusual limericks, you will enter a jewel-coloured, iridescent world painted by Matilda Harrison. A feast of colour and detail from a superb artist.