The Sly Old Cat
Children's book by Beatrix Potter
0-7232-1420-4The Sly Old Cat is a children's book written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter in 1906, and first published by Frederick Warne & Co. in 1971, almost thirty years after Potter's death. The story tells of a cat who invites a rat to a tea party with the intention of eating him, but the rat outwits her and leaves the party with a muffin in a paper bag.[1][2][3]
Critical commentary
The Sly Old Cat is told mainly in monosyllables, and is critically considered "perfect in its fusion of word and picture, and visually reminiscent of Randolph Caldecott in its rhythmic narrative flow."[1]
References
- Footnotes
- ^ a b Taylor et al. 1987, p. 130
- ^ Lear 2007, p. 280
- ^ MacDonald 1986, p. 50
- Works cited
- Lear, Linda (2007), Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature, St. Martin's Griffin, ISBN 978-0-312-37796-0
- MacDonald, Ruth K. (1986), Beatrix Potter, Twayne Publishers, ISBN 0-8057-6917-X
- Taylor, Judy; Whalley, Joyce Irene; Hobbs, Anne Stevenson; Battrick, Elizabeth M. (1987), Beatrix Potter 1866–1943: The Artist and Her World, F. Warne & Co. and The National Trust, ISBN 0-7232-3561-9
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