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The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly
Luis Sepulveda
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Description for The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly
Paperback. A moving, uplifting and life-enhancing story with a strong environmental theme, Luis Sepulveda's instant children's classic has been a worldwide best-seller and is presented here with new drawings by acclaimed illustrator Satoshi Kitamura. Illustrator(s): Kitamura, Satoshi. Translator(s): Sheban, Chris. Num Pages: 200 pages, 20. BIC Classification: YFP. Category: (JC) Children's (6-12). Dimension: 198 x 128. .
Caught up in an oil spill, a dying seagull scrambles ashore to lay her final egg and lands on a balcony, where she meets Zorba, a big black cat from the port of Hamburg. The cat promises the seagull to look after the egg, not to eat the chick once it's hatched and - most difficult of all - to teach the baby gull to fly. Will Zorba and his feline friends honour the promise and give Lucky, the adopted little seagull, the strength to discover her true nature? A moving, uplifting and life-enhancing story with a ... Read more
Caught up in an oil spill, a dying seagull scrambles ashore to lay her final egg and lands on a balcony, where she meets Zorba, a big black cat from the port of Hamburg. The cat promises the seagull to look after the egg, not to eat the chick once it's hatched and - most difficult of all - to teach the baby gull to fly. Will Zorba and his feline friends honour the promise and give Lucky, the adopted little seagull, the strength to discover her true nature? A moving, uplifting and life-enhancing story with a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Alma Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Surrey, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846884009
SKU
V9781846884009
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50
About Luis Sepulveda
Born in Santiago, Chile, Luis Sepulveda is the multi-award-winning author of many adult novels and stories for children. Politically and socially engaged, he was persecuted and jailed by the Pinochet regime and worked for years as a crew member on a Greenpeace ship. The Story of a Seagull and The Cat Who Taught Her to Fly has been translated in ... Read more
Reviews for The Story of a Seagull and the Cat Who Taught Her to Fly
My favourite thing about the book is the bond between the cats, and the way they all help the baby seagull.
Daniel Pilling, 9, National Geographic Kids Magazine It is a such an animated story - all the characters, including the cats, the seagulls and even the human, are so lively - so it was not hard to picture ... Read more
Daniel Pilling, 9, National Geographic Kids Magazine It is a such an animated story - all the characters, including the cats, the seagulls and even the human, are so lively - so it was not hard to picture ... Read more