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A Cat Named Swan

By Holly Hobbie

By Holly Hobbie

By Holly Hobbie

By Holly Hobbie

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Hardcover $17.99

Feb 28, 2017 | ISBN 9780553537444 | 3-7 years

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Feb 28, 2017 | ISBN 9780553537468 | 3-7 years

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    About A Cat Named Swan

    Discover this beautiful pet-adoption story from Holly Hobbie, the creator of the bestselling Toot & Puddle series and one of the most treasured children’s illustrators of all time.
     
    Beloved author-illustrator Holly Hobbie presents the story of a rescue cat’s adoption, the paradise he finds, and the transformative joy he brings to his new family. Holly Hobbie’s intricate watercolors evoke the small kitten’s hardscrabble life as powerfully as they do his blissful one. This story tugs the heartstrings and is a testament to the importance of pet adoption and the powerful ways that pets connect with their people.

    About A Cat Named Swan

    Discover this beautiful pet-adoption story from Holly Hobbie, the creator of the bestselling Toot & Puddle series and one of the most treasured children’s illustrators of all time.
     
    Beloved author-illustrator Holly Hobbie presents the story of a rescue cat’s adoption, the paradise he finds, and the transformative joy he brings to his new family. Holly Hobbie’s intricate watercolors evoke the small kitten’s hardscrabble life as powerfully as they do his blissful one. This story tugs the heartstrings and is a testament to the importance of pet adoption and the powerful ways that pets connect with their people.

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    About Holly Hobbie

    HOLLY HOBBIE has worked as an artist for more than forty years and is the author of eleven highly acclaimed Toot & Puddle picture books. She most recently wrote and illustrated Elmore and Elmore and Pinky, as well as A… More about Holly Hobbie

    About Holly Hobbie

    HOLLY HOBBIE has worked as an artist for more than forty years and is the author of eleven highly acclaimed Toot & Puddle picture books. She most recently wrote and illustrated Elmore and Elmore and Pinky, as well as A… More about Holly Hobbie

    Product Details

    Category: Children’s Picture Books

    Hardcover | $17.99
    Published by Random House Books for Young Readers
    Feb 28, 2017 | 32 Pages | 9-1/2 x 9-1/2 | 3-7 years | ISBN 9780553537444

    Category: Children’s Picture Books

    Ebook | $10.99
    Published by Random House Books for Young Readers
    Feb 28, 2017 | 32 Pages | 3-7 years | ISBN 9780553537468

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    Praise

    “With a remarkable combination of restraint and narrative power, Hobbie turns an animal adoption story into something much more: a meditation on the quotidian bliss of unconditional love.” — Publishers Weekly, starred review

    Awards

    Bank Street College Best Children’s Book of the Year SELECTION 2018

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