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2012 is no exception!
This year she has a beautifully designed picture book on offer. The illustrations have been done by Lucia Masciullo. They have a lovely Mediterranean feel about them with lots of muted blues and ochres.
I love Hartnett's choice of language in this book right down to her decision to use "marl" for the cat's speaking voice.
The cat is so cat-like in it's behaviour that I found myself missing all the cats that have been in my life over the years, especially our childhood cat who regularly got himself stuck on the roof!
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I'm looking forward to getting my hands on this one. I'm always a sucker for cat picture books, and Sonya Hartnett is fabulous. I've just started Children of the King this week.
ReplyDeleteOhhh, Children of the King is on my to-read-list too. I'll look foward to your post on it.
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