Details

ISBN-10: 1590179633
ISBN-13: 9781590179635
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Publish Date: 04/12/2016
Dimensions: 6.40" L, 6.30" W, 0.50" H

Fletcher and Zenobia

Illustrator: Victoria Chess

Hardcover

Price: $14.95

Overview

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-mâché 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.

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Reviews
"When I was young, my favorite picture book was Fletcher and Zenobia." –Rick Riordan, author of Percy Jackson & the Olympians

"Edward Gorey, known for his macabre sense of humor and somewhat creepy illustrations, teams up with Victoria Chess to produce a whimsical, slightly psychedelic picture book story that I found *very* groovy as the child of hippies." –Rick Riordan, Myth & Mystery blog

"I was especially charmed by Fletcher and Zenobia...It is deliciously eccentric and assured." –Kate Kellaway, The Guardian (UK)

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Details

ISBN-10: 1590179633
ISBN-13: 9781590179635
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Publish Date: 04/12/2016
Dimensions: 6.40" L, 6.30" W, 0.50" H
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