A Cat and Mouse Love Story
Nanette Newman, Illustrated by Michael Foreman
Published by Piccolo
0-330-29526-8, £1.95
Leola the cat and Jasper the mouse meet, fall in love, and persuade the rest of the cat and mouse world to make love, not war. Despite some tweeness in the writing -- and some shaky scansion which won't help some independent readers -- there's some deft wit: "'Will our take this old cat?" -- Jasper said, "Oh yes, rather," Eight small kittens all sighed, they'd at last got a father.' Foreman's pictures add depth and style.
Reviewed in BfK No. 42 (January 1987) by Colin Mills (CM)
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