Books published by publisher East-West Publications / Livres de France

"When Ramsay Wood retells a story he makes a proper job of it." - The TimesFrom around the world - Korea to Ireland, Burma to France - come these nine hardy cat tales, stories that have survived for generations because of their enduring popularity. Vicious, affectionate, murderous or benign - however you view cats you will find them portrayed here in full contradictory splendour. Aided by eight top illustrators, Ramsay Wood retells a lively, personal selection. His previous book was the highly acclaimed "Kalila and Dimna - Selected Fables of Bidpai", which was adapted for the stage as "A Word in the Stargazer's Eye" at the 1984 Edinburgh Festival. He was the Secretary of the London-based College of Storytellers until 1991."A cat may look at a King, and a swain's eye hath as high a reach as a lord's looks." - Robert Greene, 1590About the AuthorRamsay Wood was born in 1943 into a US diplomat's family and lived in Vietnam, the Philippines, Scotland and France before settling in London. He was a teenage apprentice in Saigon to the photographer Henri Huet. After dropping out from Harvard in 1964 he become a freelance photojournalist in Britain, East Africa, and Pakistan.In 1971 he founded Frame Up Ltd, a wholesale picture-frame company which he ran from London with twenty cohorts until 1997. He was a founding member of the College of Storytellers in 1981, and chairman of the British charity (No. 289910) Afghan Relief until 2002. From 2006 to 2014, using TTRS software, Ramsay taught literacy and keyboard skills to dyslexic children at Emerson House.

With delicate old fashioned illustrations, this hardback baby book offers some unique ways to document and record your baby's progress including the name of a midwife, a place for a lock of hair and a record of each tooth's arrival along with the usual record of first steps and family tree. Also featured on each page is an illustrated nursery rhyme befitting the description of events.