Another "Noisy" book in Margaret Wise Brown and Leonard Weisgard's collaboration. Featuring Weisgard's bold illustrations and the cute dog Muffin who has to stay indoors because he has a cold.
A bit belated for Valentine's Day...
Here's an adorable story illustrated by Leonard Weisgard about an artist who adopts an abandoned kitten. Soon the little kitten with a heart shape on his fur is inspiring the artist to paint and draw again. Through a series of misadventures and one wicked chimney sweep, the kitten ends up at the palace. Despite the title, there's no love story here, but a happy ending nontheless!
"This book had its beginning years ago when two parents, loving poetry, made it as much a part of their children's every day as getting up in the morning, eating breakfast, going to school, playing outdoors until suppertime." -Helen Ferris
Alvin Tresselt provides the texts for this adorable bunny story while Leonard Weisgard illustrates. (Weisgard most often paired with Margaret Wise Brown and created some real classics with her.)
This midcentury story tells of a litter of bunnies born on the edge of the meadow and protected by their mother. As they grow, one of them ventures into the farmer's garden where she is caught and turned into a pet for the farmer's son. But she is a wild rabbit and after awhile she misses her wild freedom. Soon she makes her escape and is back in the wilderness where she belongs, building her own burrow for her own little bunnies. It's a very sweet story. I was impressed with how Weisgard's pictures create a rich natural world with a simple grey palate.
