Item
The Wedding of the Rat Family
- Title
- en_US The Wedding of the Rat Family
- en_US Margaret K. McElderry Books
- Description
- en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
- en_US This book has a dust jacket (book cover)
- en_US First edition
- en_US Retold by Carol Kendall
- Creator
- en_US Kendall, Carol See all items with this value
- Contributor
- en_US Watts, James
- Date
- 2016-01-25T16:29:24Z
- en_US 1999-03
- en_US 1988
- Date Available
- 2016-01-25T16:29:24Z
- Date Issued
- en_US 1988
- Abstract
- en_US Delightfully illustrated with detailed rat faces against simple backgrounds. The text of the story is developed at some length. The circumstances of the family are, for example, developed at length. They were proud but had reason to be humble and also anxious. The mother-rat (Precious) thus claims that her great-grandparents dined at kings' tables, while the text goes on to point out that they dined under the tables and after the kings! The father-rat (Beloved) proclaims We must marry our daughter Mulan up in the world! And his wife has made a list of requirements for a potential spouse, who must be: rich, powerful, influential, and of ancient ancestry. There is a glorious picture as Mr. Rat addresses the sun. Most of those he goes to see are pleasant, but wall is abrupt and hostile; two stones bounce out of the wall toward Mr. Rat as he speaks. He and his wife then conceive the bright idea to marry her into the cat family. Another of the best illustrations shows the cats' court. A favorite illustration of mine shows all sorts of mice preparing clothes and gifts and chariots for the marriage. A huge procession of well-fattened rats brings the family into the cat family mansion, where the cats spring upon the whole party and eat them! The poor rats left behind soon pick up and become fat and happy. And this new clan of rats lives proud that they are stronger than Wall who is stronger than Wind…. The last picture is appropriately of a fat cat licking its chops!
- Identifier
- en_US 689504500
- en_US 3019 (Access ID)
- Language
- en_US eng
- Publisher
- en_US M.K. McElderry Books
- en_US New York
- Subject
- en_US PZ8.1.K359 We 1988 See all items with this value
- en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value
- Type
- en_US Book, Whole
- Item sets
- Carlson Fable Collection Books