Details

ISBN-10: 1590171551
ISBN-13: 9781590171554
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Publish Date: 06/30/2005
Dimensions: 8.94" L, 6.34" W, 0.59" H

Jenny Goes to Sea

Illustrator: Esther Averill

Hardcover

Price: $18.95

Overview

In Jenny Goes to Sea, our heroine makes her passage on the good ship Sea Queen with her master, Captain Tinker, and her adopted brothers, tiger cat Edward, and black-and-white cat Checkers. Once on board, they meet the adventurous ship’s cat, Jack Tar.

Leaving New York’s harbor, the friends travel to Africa and Asia, and return through the Panama Canal. At each port they meet a colorful local cat who shows them around. Jenny and her pals have their fortunes told by an Abyssinian cat in Zanzibar; dance the sailor’s hornpipe with Bobo the Burmese, another ship’s cat who was left behind, in Singapore; and float with Siamese cat Dara in a sampan boat on a Bangkok river–a truly exotic adventure.

Ages 6 & up

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Reviews
"We never can get enough of Jenny, one of our favorite literary cats. She has style, verve, and the gentlest way of having a good time. We welcome heartily the account of her trip around the world." –New York Herald Tribune

"Part of what makes Jenny so appealing is that her emotional trials and triumphs mirror those of the preschool and school-age set as they work to behave, to make and keep friends, or to adjust to the arrival of a new sibling....The other part is that although the cats are in many ways anthropomorphized, Averill's details are careful and concrete. For example, the cats talk among themselves and can ice skate and dance and drive, but they must communicate with humans like any ordinary cat, by rubbing against their legs or looking beseechingly into their eyes." –Orlando Sentinel

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Details

ISBN-10: 1590171551
ISBN-13: 9781590171554
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Publish Date: 06/30/2005
Dimensions: 8.94" L, 6.34" W, 0.59" H
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