'Bisky Bats and Pussy Cats, a selection of [Edward Lear's] animal nonsense verse brilliantly illustrated in soberly surreal hard-edged pictures by Matilda Harrison, will be an international winner.' Books for Keeps

'This book offers a feast of colour and detail from a superb artist
and a much loved writer.' Parents News

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Bisky Bats and Pussy Cats, animal nonsense poems by Edward Lear, illustrated by
Matilda Harrison.

The Owl and the Pussy-Cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea-green boat ...

So starts the familiar rhyme from Edward Lear ... and within the pages of this collection of classic Lear favourites and unusual limericks, you will enter a jewel-coloured, iridescent world painted by Matilda Harrison. A feast of colour and detail from a superb artist.