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World Hotels - Jenny Goes to Sea
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List Price: $17.95
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Manufacturer: NYR Children's Collection
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Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9781590171554
ISBN: 1590171551
Label: NYR Children's Collection
Manufacturer: NYR Children's Collection
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 140
Publication Date: 2005-05-10
Publisher: NYR Children's Collection
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Release Date: 2005-06-30
Studio: NYR Children's Collection
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Editorial Reviews:
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In Jenny Goes to Sea, Greenwich Village-based black cat Jenny Linsky travels around the world on the good ship Sea Queen with her master, Captain Tinker, and her adopted brothers, tiger cat Edward, and black-and-white cat, Checkers. Once on board, they meet the adventurous ship's cat, Jack Tar. Leaving New York's harbor, they travel to Africa and Asia, and return through the Panama Canal. At each port they meet a colorful local cat who shows them around. Jenny and her pals have their fortunes told by an Abyssinian cat in Zanzibar, dance the sailor's hornpipe in Singapore with Bobo the Burmese, another ship's cat who was left behind, and float with Siamese cat Dara in a sampan boat on a Bangkok river on a most wonderful adventure. Includes color illustrations throughout
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Summary: Captured her!
Comment: After reading Esther Averill's The Fire Cat and Jenny and the Cat Club, my daughter has become an avid fan. She giggles at the tales of Jenny's adventures with her brothers and the other cat club friends. These are timeless tales which are perfect for early readers because the stories have enough depth to keep children interested but are simply told making them ideal for those starting to read on their own.
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Summary: Jenny is fun as ever
Comment: My girls love all the Jenny Linsky adventures/stories. This one does not disappoint and is so well-written that it appeals to all ages.
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Summary: The School for Cats
Comment: Esther Averill, is the author of a wonderful series of children's books involving a small, shy black cat named Jenny Linsky, of which The School for Cats is one. This story, and all the others in this series are very sweet. They remind me of the other wonderful, classic children's stories such as the Beatrix Potter stories. While the Jenny Linsky stories were written in the 50's, I think children today would still find them very entertaining. Any parent or child who loves cats and cat stories will love these stories. This is a story that kids will want read to them over and over again.
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Summary: www.freewebs.com/hlgstrider
Comment: I think Esther Averill's work takes me back to a more innocent age. As cliché as that sounds, it is true. Also, her books flawlessly combine two of my true loves: children's literature and cats!
I'm not sure if I would refer to her illustrations as "art," nor to Ms. Averill as an artist. Her pictures are simple, two tone sketches, black lines and hatchings off set with an occasional splash of red. They are, however, somehow perfect and always endearing. There is nothing harmful and so much beautiful in the Cat Club books about shy Jenny Linsky and her friends, and still the little black cat with the soft red scarf travels the world and has great adventures.
The use of words is perfect, and I think that Jenny Goes to Sea is the perfect read-aloud step between Winnie the Pooh and My Father's Dragon. If you start a child with shy but brave and honest heroes like Jenny, you can spark their sense of adventure without robbing them of their innocence. Yes, this is a children's book (Don't say I told you otherwise. Your teens and preteens want bolder works than the Cat Club), but it is a five star children's book. Treasure it!
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Summary: Jenny and Friends' Happy Trip
Comment: Copyright 1957. Jenny Linsky goes to sea at a time that was sweller than now, presuming you were a well-birthed white male or knew your place. Jenny knew her place. She has a member of the civilized Cat Club and no stanger to adventure. Look out for mysterious predictions, an epic poem, and the brave deed! Life was simpler then, and, frankly, I occasionally enjoy being spared the social redeeming values of more modern fiction. Pickles the fire cat even makes a cameo appearance. Averill's simple illustrations and charts nicely augment the short novel. A good read. The balance of Esther Averill's work as well as other publications by the New York Review Children's Collection are also worth looking into. Don't miss The Fire Cat. Enjoy.
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