Best-Loved Cats - Paperback

by Isabelle Brent (Illustrator), Isabelle Brent (Author)

This beautifully illustrated anthology by Isabelle Brent is in praise of cats. Adored across the centuries, poets have celebrated the life of the eternal cat and her kittens. Inspired by their decorative presence and independent qualities, (no one owns a cat) poets and writers have added much to literary culture. Included are Edward Lear's The Owl and the Pussy-cat, Lewis carroll's Cheshire Cat and William Wordsworth's Kitten and the Falling Leaves. Best-Loved Cats is a book to treasure and for all ages as well as a gift in itself.

Author Biography

Isabelle Brent is an internationally known artist who has illustrated more than two dozen children's books. Her aptitude for fine work set in geometrical patterns is very much Isabelle's distinctive style, but owes much to her interest in medieval art and illuminated manuscript. From this interest stems her rare talent for the precise gilding of intricate patterns. Her stunning use of gold leaf has become the artist's trademark. She is also well known as an illustrator and designer of fine stationery, greetings cards, gift wrap and gift bags as well as jigsaw puzzles. Isabelle's highly acclaimed books include Kipling's JUST SO STORIES ('Of all the editions of Kipling available, surely this is the most splendid', BOOKLIST), FairyTales of Oscar Wilde, CHRISTMAS FAIRY TALES ('A collection to be treasured', SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL) and the award winning THE CHRISTMAS HORSE AND THE THREE WISE MEN which she also wrote (winner BEST BOOK AWARDS, category Religious Children's )Books).