A Cat Adrift
- Publisher
- Annick Press
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2002
- Category
- Pets
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9781550377279
- Publish Date
- Feb 2002
- List Price
- $18.95
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Where to buy it
Out of print
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Description
In this third story in the Teelo the Cat series, it is breakfast time on Cloud Island and Teelo is shocked to discover a rat nibbling at his food bowl. Immediately, he gives chase?all over the house, out the door, and up a tree. Just as Teelo is about to pounce, however, he hears a loud CCCC-RACK as the branch snaps in two. Teelo tumbles into the sea and scrambles onto a log. For a day and a half Teelo weathers life adrift on the log, discovering new creatures: silvery salmon, furry sea otters, little puffins, and huge gray whales. Rescue finally comes when a wooden sailboat glides alongside Teelo. A young girl named Lilly and her grandfather pull Teelo onto their boat. Teelo soon becomes a part of the crew. One day they see Cloud Island. When a wave knocks him overboard, Teelo finds himself washed up on the shore and into the midst of his old friends. Now Lilly and Victor the Vet must decide where Teelo really belongs.
About the authors
Maria Coffey is originally from England, and now lives on a small island in British Columbia. She and her husband Dag Goering spend part of each year in Ireland, where Dag practises as a large animal veterinarian. They also work as professional sea-kayaking and trekking guides, leading trips in Vietnam, the Solomon Islands, Ireland and Canada. Coffey is the author of a number of internationally published books, including A Boat in Our Baggage, Three Moons in Vietnam, Sailing Back In Time and two books for children, A Cat in a Kayak and A Seal in the Family. Her work has also appeared in numerous newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times, Globe and Mail, The Guardian, Outdoors Illustrated, Action Asia and Sea Kayaker Magazine. For more information about Maria, please visit her website at www.hiddenplaces.net
Née en 1943, près de New York, EUGÉNIE FERNANDES puise son admiration pour les animaux et la nature dans les souvenirs de son enfance. Son inspiration, elle la doit en grande partie à son père, illustrateur de bandes dessinées, avec qui elle passait de longues heures dans son studio. En 1965, elle obtient son diplôme de l'école des Arts Visuels de New York et commence alors sa carrière en tant qu'illustratrice. Eugenie a écrit ou illustré plus de 80 livres dont Grosse journée, petite souris! et Caféolait s'en va-t-en ville. Elle vit aujourd'hui dans le sud de l'Ontario et travaille depuis sa maison dans son studio surplombant un lac et la forêt environnante.
EUGENIE FERNANDES loved exploring the outdoors and making her own little books when she was young. As an adult she has combined these interests by creating books such as Ribbon Rescue, The Tree that Grew to the Moon, Waves in the Bathtub, One More Pet, and Grandpa Dan's Toboggan Ride.
Eugenie is part of a very artistic family. Her father was a comic book illustrator, her husband, Henry Fernandes, is a picture book illustrator who collaborated with her on the book Ordinary Amos and the Amazing Fish, and her two children are also artists. Eugenie lives near Peterborough, Ontario, where she works in a studio that is surrounded by water and woods.
Editorial Reviews
“This new adventure of Teelo’s is as fun and exciting as the first ... The text and pictures fit together very well, and the whole book is very attractive. It should be an interesting read-aloud for young children, and a fun story for older children to read to themselves.”—Resource Links
“Appealing art combines with a lively text.”—The Observer
“This charming story, coupled with the vivid illustrations, allows the reader to escape on this sea adventure with Teelo.”—CM Magazine
Soft watercolor illustrations are a pleasant complement to a story about compassion and compromise that delivers exciting moments as well as a happy ending. Children who like this may want to read other books featuring this intrepid cat.”—Booklist
