Books with title The Owl and the Pussy-Cat and Other Stories

Chekhov was a Russian who wrote short stories and plays. Chekhov was a doctor during most of his life. He was said to say, "Medicine is my lawful wife and literature is my mistress". The Party and Other Stories is volume four in the Tales of Chekhov series. Stories included are; The Party, Terror, A Woman's Kingdom, A Problem, The Kiss, Anna on the Neck, The Teacher of Literature, Not wanted, Typhus, A Misfortune, and A Trifle from Life.

Edward Lear's classic poem, The Owl and the Pussy-cat, beautifully illustrated by Charlotte Voake and introduced with a foreword by Julia Donaldson The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea In a beautiful pea-green boat... Edward Lear's classic poem has delighted readers of all ages for generations. It is given new life by Charlotte Voake's exquisite illustrations in this beautiful new edition. Introduced by a foreword from world-renowned children's author and Lear devotee, Julia Donaldson, this is a book to be treasured by Lear fans both old and young. Be sure to look out for Julia Donaldson's sequel to this much-loved poem, The Further Adventures of the Owl and the Pussy-cat.

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A compilation of four stories giving a human touch to animals children are familiar with. The Blue Cap is a humourous story about the antics of animals, while the Jumbo Ride is about the innocence of very young animals and their reaction to the adult world. The Hide and Seek story treats everyday garden animals as playing games like kids would do. True Colours , while entertaining with its storyline, also encourages children to be themselves and not try to be someone else.

Excerpt from The Party and Other StoriesIt is going to rain, my charmer, but not before night, a very familiar male voice answered languidly. There will be a good rain.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

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