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Old Robert and the Sea-Silly Cats by Barbara Joosse

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“The Cat and the Fiddle” for a new generation, by bestselling author Barbara JoosseOld Robert has everything he needs. Nothing more, nothing less. Each and every day, he sails the sea, alone. And each and every night, he docks his boat and prepares his dinner, alone. Until one evening when he gets a very strange visitor: a dancing cat. There's no room in Old Robert's shipshape boat for a cat. But much to his surprise, he finds himself smiling a bit, and... more

About Barbara Joosse

Barbara Joosse (www.barbarajoosse.com) lives in Cedarburg, Wisconsin. Jan Jutte (www.janjutte.nl) lives in Zutphen, the Netherlands.


Published: April 12, 2012 by Penguin Press

Genre: Nature & Wildlife, Children's Books. Fiction. 40 pages

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  • Kirkus Reviews | 15 Feb 2012

    An entertaining voyage of imagination with engaging, eccentric companions.

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  • Waking Brain Cells | 27 Apr 2012

    ...this book has a beautiful quietness to it, a thoughtfulness, and makes for a perfect bedtime read.

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  • My Verona NJ | 18 May 2012

    Old Robert reminds us that we all need friends and people around us to share life with.

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  • Publishers Weekly | 20 Feb 2012

    ...the final sea journey makes a gentle, dreamy bedtime image.

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