Who Will Bell the Cat? explained
| Who Will Bell the Cat? |
| Author: | Patricia McKissack |
| Illustrator: | Christopher Cyr |
| Cover Artist: | Christopher Cyr |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Children's picture book |
| Published: | 2018 (Holiday House, New York) |
| Media Type: | Print (hardback) |
| Pages: | 40 (unpaginated) |
| Isbn: | 9780823437009 |
| Oclc: | 1037155724 |
Who Will Bell the Cat? is a 2018 children's picture book by Patricia McKissack. Based on the fable Belling the Cat, it was published by Holiday House and is illustrated by Christopher Cyr. It concerns a group of mice who nurse back to health an ungrateful terrifying cat called Marmalade, make a bell and collar warning device, and how they manage to collar the cat with it.
Reception
A review in Publishers Weekly of Who Will Bell the Cat? wrote "Lush, cinematic illustrations add drama to the late McKissack’s retelling of Aesop’s classic fable."[1] and Kirkus Reviews, in a starred review, compared it to The Rescuers.[2]
Who Will Bell the Cat? has also been reviewed by Booklist,[3] School Library Journal.[4] The Horn Book Magazine,[5] and BookPage.[6]
It is a 2018 Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book,[7] and a 2018 Chicago Tribune Best Children's Book of the Year.[8]
External links
Notes and References
- Who Will Bell the Cat? . February 19, 2018 . Publishers Weekly . PWxyz LLC. April 6, 2022.
- Who Will Bell the Cat? . February 15, 2018 . Kirkus Reviews . Kirkus Media LLC . April 6, 2022.
- Who Will Bell the Cat? . Lolly Gepson . ... a truly scary piece of folklore about clever little ones coping with a brutal foe. . Booklist . American Library Association. 2018 . April 6, 2022.
- Who Will Bell the Cat? . Maria B. Salvadore . A worthy addition to home and school libraries by a master storyteller, perfect for storytime or one-on-one sharing. . School Library Journal . Media Source Inc. . April 1, 2018 . April 6, 2022.
- Who Will Bell the Cat? . Betty Carter . Horn Book Guides . Media Source Inc. . 2018 . April 6, 2022.
- April 2018 . A group of mice have a dangerous dilemma . Angela Leeper . Illustrator Christopher Cyr's digital art plays with chiaroscuro to make this tale deliciously ominous. . BookPage . BookPage . April 6, 2022.
- Web site: Best Picture Books Of 2018 From Kirkus Reviews . November 19, 2018 . cbcbooks.org . The Children's Book Council . April 6, 2022.
- News: Nara Schoenberg . December 17, 2018 . Best children's books of 2018: From an LGBTQ fairytale to an immigration story . Chicago Tribune . April 6, 2022.
