Jenny Goes To Sea by Esther Averill

Jenny Goes To Sea by Esther Averill

In Jenny Goes to Sea, our heroine makes her passage on the good ship Sea Queen with her master, Captain Tinker, and her adopted brothers, tiger cat Edward, and black-and-white cat Checkers. Once on board, they meet the adventurous ship's cat, Jack Tar.

Leaving New York's harbor, the friends travel to Africa and Asia, and return through the Panama Canal. At each port they meet a colorful local cat who shows them around. Jenny and her pals have their fortunes told by an Abyssinian cat in Zanzibar; dance the sailor's hornpipe with Bobo the Burmese, another ship's cat who was left behind, in Singapore; and float with Siamese cat Dara in a sampan boat on a Bangkok river--a truly exotic adventure.

Ages 6 & up

Esther Averill (1902-1992) began her career as a storyteller who drew cartoons for her neighborhood newspaper. She relocated to New York City after graduating from Vassar College in 1923, and then to Paris, where she launched her own publishing company. The Domino Press introduced readers to artists from all around the world, including Feodor Rojankovsky, who went on to win a Caldecott Award. Esther Averill returned to the United States in 1941 and worked as a publisher while working at the New York Public Library. In 1944, she published her first novel, Jenny Linsky, a red-scarfed, mild-mannered cat based on her own shy cat. Esther Averill would go on to create a total of twelve more stories about Miss Linsky and her pals (including the I Can Read Book, The Fire Cat), all of which were eagerly anticipated by youngsters (and their parents) across the country.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781590171554
ISBN 10	1590171551
Title	Jenny Goes To Sea
Author	Esther Averill
Series	Jenny's Cat Club Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	The New York Review of Books, Inc
Year published	2005-06-30
Number of pages	140
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.