Who Will Bell the Cat?
 Front cover | |
| Author | Patricia McKissack |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Christopher Cyr |
| Cover artist | Christopher Cyr |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Children's picture book |
| Published | 2018 (Holiday House, New York) |
| Publication place | USA |
| Media type | Print (hardback) |
| Pages | 40 (unpaginated) |
| ISBN | 9780823437009 |
| OCLC | 1037155724 |
Who Will Bell the Cat? is a 2018 children's picture book by Patricia McKissack. Based on the fable Belling the Cat, it was published by Holiday House and is illustrated by Christopher Cyr. It concerns a group of mice who nurse back to health an ungrateful terrifying cat called Marmalade, make a bell and collar warning device, and how they manage to collar the cat with it.
Reception
A review in Publishers Weekly of Who Will Bell the Cat? wrote "Lush, cinematic illustrations add drama to the late McKissack’s retelling of Aesop’s classic fable."[1] and Kirkus Reviews, in a starred review, compared it to The Rescuers.[2]
Who Will Bell the Cat? has also been reviewed by Booklist,[3] School Library Journal.[4] The Horn Book Magazine,[5] and BookPage.[6]
It is a 2018 Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book,[7] and a 2018 Chicago Tribune Best Children's Book of the Year.[8]
References
- ^ "Who Will Bell the Cat?". Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. February 19, 2018. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
- ^ "Who Will Bell the Cat?". Kirkus Reviews. Kirkus Media LLC. February 15, 2018. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
- ^ Lolly Gepson (2018). "Who Will Bell the Cat?". Booklist. American Library Association. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
... a truly scary piece of folklore about clever little ones coping with a brutal foe.
- ^ Maria B. Salvadore (April 1, 2018). "Who Will Bell the Cat?". School Library Journal. Media Source Inc. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
A worthy addition to home and school libraries by a master storyteller, perfect for storytime or one-on-one sharing.
- ^ Betty Carter (2018). "Who Will Bell the Cat?". Horn Book Guides. Media Source Inc. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
- ^ Angela Leeper (April 2018). "A group of mice have a dangerous dilemma". BookPage. BookPage. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
Illustrator Christopher Cyr's digital art plays with chiaroscuro to make this tale deliciously ominous.
- ^ "Best Picture Books Of 2018 From Kirkus Reviews". cbcbooks.org. The Children's Book Council. November 19, 2018. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
- ^ Nara Schoenberg (December 17, 2018). "Best children's books of 2018: From an LGBTQ fairytale to an immigration story". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 6, 2022.