| Fletcher and Zenobia Contributor(s): Gorey, Edward (Author), Chess, Victoria (Author), Chess, Victoria (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1590179633 ISBN-13: 9781590179635 Publisher: New York Review of Books OUR PRICE: $13.46 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2016 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Fantasy & Magic - Juvenile Fiction | Imagination & Play - Juvenile Fiction | Toys, Dolls & Puppets |
| Dewey: E |
| LCCN: 2015036566 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.3" W x 6.4" (0.50 lbs) 72 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Our story opens with a cat stuck in a tree, an ordinary-enough occurrence. Fletcher the cat, having run up the tree in a moment of thoughtless abandon, cannot get back down. Then strange things begin to happen: Fletcher finds in his tree a steamer trunk full of hats, and among the hats a papier-m ch egg that opens to reveal Zenobia, a worldly talking doll who was locked in the egg by an unfeeling child named Mabel. To cheer each other up, Fletcher and Zenobia decide to throw a party, complete with cake, peach ice cream, and punch from a silver punch bowl. The hats come in handy, and a moth, drawn to the festivities, soon becomes the vehicle of an unexpected escape plan. A story of metamorphosis and friendship, like The Owl and the Pussycat crossed with Alice in Wonderland, Fletcher and Zenobia is a wildly imaginative tale of wish fulfillment and freedom. At once silly and zany, it is not without a certain delicacy of feeling that older children, and adults, will also appreciate. |