Val Schaffner
Auteur van Algonquin Cat
Werken van Val Schaffner
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1951-02-21
- Geslacht
- male
- Relaties
- Schaffner, Perdita (mother)
H.D. (grandmother)
Gray, Cecil (grandfather)
Schaffner, Nicholas (brother)
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Statistieken
- Werken
- 3
- Leden
- 80
- Populariteit
- #224,854
- Waardering
- 3.8
- Besprekingen
- 1
- ISBNs
- 7
- Talen
- 1
I love the internal life of Hamlet and the other cats, the way they can communicate through dreams, even to cats in other times and places - and the illustrations of the dreamscapes (and real places) are gorgeous. And the visualizations of the human characters as cats (or dogs). I especially liked the way Hamlet disguises his helpfulness so the people won't figure out how smart he is and put him to work.
It is, of course, a book for an older child, perhaps 9-10. As a book set in a New York hotel, it might appeal to kids who liked Eloise when they were younger.… (meer)