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The Cat Who Came in Off the Roof
by Annie M.G. Schmidt, David Colmer
Cute cat story
This is a good book about a woman who used to be a cat. The author is supposed to be the children's book author that everyone in the Netherlands reads. She has won the Hans Christian Anderson Award. I am not sure if this is not the best example of her work, or if the translation is not the best that it could be, because although it was a pleasant read, it was just that, pleasant.
The story is of Minou, the former cat, and the human that takes her in Mr. Tibbles, who writes for the local town newspaper. He only wants to write about cats, because he is so shy, and since Minou can talk to cats, and the cats want to help him, they feed him news stories, which works out better than writing about cats.
As I said, there is nothing wrong with the book, and it is cute, but It isn't likely something I would reread, as I would the Moomin books, or E. Nesbit.
This is a good book about a woman who used to be a cat. The author is supposed to be the children's book author that everyone in the Netherlands reads. She has won the Hans Christian Anderson Award. I am not sure if this is not the best example of her work, or if the translation is not the best that it could be, because although it was a pleasant read, it was just that, pleasant.
The story is of Minou, the former cat, and the human that takes her in Mr. Tibbles, who writes for the local town newspaper. He only wants to write about cats, because he is so shy, and since Minou can talk to cats, and the cats want to help him, they feed him news stories, which works out better than writing about cats.
As I said, there is nothing wrong with the book, and it is cute, but It isn't likely something I would reread, as I would the Moomin books, or E. Nesbit.